Right atrial dual-loop reentrant tachycardia after cardiac surgery: Prevalence, electrophysiological characteristics, and ablation outcomes.
Heart Rhythm
; 15(8): 1148-1157, 2018 08.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Right atrial (RA) dual-loop reentrant tachycardia has been described in patients who have undergone open heart surgery. However, the prevalence, electrophysiological (EP) substrate, and ablation outcomes have been poorly characterized.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence, EP substrate, and ablation outcomes for RA dual-loop reentrant tachycardia after cardiac surgery.METHODS:
We identified all patients with atrial tachycardia (AT) after cardiac surgery. We compared EP findings and outcomes of those with RA dual-loop reentrant tachycardia to a control group of patients with RA macroreentrant arrhythmias in the setting of linear RA free-wall (FW) scar.RESULTS:
Of the 127 patients with 152 postsurgical ATs, 28 of the ATs (18.4%) had RA dual-loop reentry and 24 of 28 (85.7%) had tricuspid annular reentry combined with FW incisional reentry. An incision length >51.5 mm along the FW predicted the substrate for a second loop. In 22 of 23 patients (95.7%) with initial ablation in the cavotricuspid isthmus, a change in the interval between Halod to CSp could be recorded, and 15 of 23 patients (65.2%) had coronary sinus activation pattern change. Complete success was achieved in 25 of 28 patients (89.3%) in the dual-loop reentry group and in 64 of 69 patients (92.8%) in the control group. After mean follow-up of 33.9 ± 24.2 months, 24 of 28 patients (85.7%) and 60 of 69 patients (86.95%) were free of arrhythmias after the initial procedure in the 2 groups, respectively.CONCLUSION:
The prevalence of RA dual-loop reentry is 18.4% of ATs with prior atriotomy scar. A long incision should alert physicians to the possibility of a second loop at the FW. Halo and coronary sinus activation patterns provide important clues to circuit transformation.Palavras-chave
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Taquicardia por Reentrada no Nó Atrioventricular
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Ablação por Cateter
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Técnicas Eletrofisiológicas Cardíacas
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Sistema de Condução Cardíaco
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardíacos
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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