Influence of ABC stroke score on late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation.

BACKGROUND: In this study we investigated the impact of ABC stroke score on the recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) following radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA). METHODS: A total of 132 patients with PAF who underwent RFCA from October 2018 to September 2019 were included in this study. During the first phase of this study the patients were categorized into two groups based on late recurrence of atrial fibrillation after RFCA. In the second phase, the patients were further divided into two groups based on whether their ABC stroke score was ≥ 6.5. RESULT: The univariate analysis indicated that the risk factors for late recurrence of PAF included early recurrence, ABC stroke score, CHA2DS2-VASc score, and NT-proBNP (P < 0.05). Cox multivariate regression analysis revealed that ABC stroke score (P = 0.006) and early recurrence (P = 0.000) were independent predictors of late recurrence, and ABC stroke score ≥ 6.5 was a risk for predicting recurrence of PAF after RFCA with a sensitivity of 66.7% and specificity of 65.7%. After the completion of the 1:1 matching, the univariate Cox analysis indicated that an elevated score of ABC stroke (≥ 6.5) was an independent predictor of late recurrence of PAF (HR = 2.687, 95% CI: 1.036-6.971, P = 0.042). However, using an ABC stroke score cut off at 6.4 predicted the recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia with 85% sensitivity and 58.5% specificity. CONCLUSION: An ABC stroke score ≥ 6.4 is a predictor for late recurrence of PAF after RFCA.

Comparison of Second-Generation Cryoballoon Ablation and Quantitative Radiofrequency Ablation Guided by Ablation Index for Atrial Fibrillation.

We compared the efficacy and complication rates of quantitative radiofrequency ablation guided by ablation index (RFCA-AI) with those of second-generation cryoballoon ablation (CBA-2). Consecutive patients (n = 230) with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing a first ablation CBA-2 (92 patients) or RFCA-AI (138 patients) procedure were enrolled in this study. The late recurrence rate in the CBA-2 group was higher than that in the RFCA-AI group (P = .012). Subgroup analysis showed the same result in patients with paroxysmal AF (PAF) (P = .039), but no difference was found in patients with persistent AF (P = .21). The average operation duration in the CBA-2 group (85 [75-99.5] minutes) was shorter than that in the RFCA-AI group (100 [84.5-120] minutes) (P < .0001), but the average exposure time (17.36(13.87-22.49) vs 5.49(4.00-8.24) minutes) in the CBA-2 group and X-ray dose (223.25(149.15-336.95) vs 109.15(80.75-168.7) mGym) were significantly longer than those in RFCA-AI group (P < .0001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that left atrial diameter (LAD), early recurrence, and methods of ablation (cryoballoon ablation) were independent risk factors for late recurrence after AF ablation. Early recurrence of AF and LAD were independent risk factors for predicting late recurrence after AF ablation.

WITHDRAWN: Comparison of second-generation cryoballoon ablation and quantitative radiofrequency ablation guided by ablation index for atrial fibrillation.

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The impact of echocardiographic parameter ratio of E/E' on the late recurrence paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients accepted radiofrequency catheter ablation: A retrospective clinical study.

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the echocardiographic parameter ratio E/E' on the late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients after receiving radiofrequency catheter ablation.We retrospectively examined total of 288 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) patients that underwent a preliminary radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in our hospital. During the first phase in this study, the patients were divided into 2 groups upon AF recurrence after RFCA: Recurrent group, n = 67 patients with rapid trial arrhythmia that lasted for more than 30 seconds at 3 months after RFCA and the Nonrecurrent group, n = 221. The clinical conditions were compared between the 2 groups. During the second phase of this study, based on the results in the first phase, the patients were divided into another 2 groups according to whether the ratio of E/E' ≥13 .45: Higher ratio of E/E' group, n = 55 and Lower ratio of E/E' group n = 233. The late AF recurrent rates were also compared between the 2 groups.During the first phase, the univariate analysis indicated that the risk factors(P < .05)for PAF late recurrence included early recurrence, E', and the ratio E/E'. The Cox multivariate analysis showed that the ratio of E/E' and early recurrence were the independent predictors for late PAF recurrence. The ratio of E/E' that was cut off at 13.45 also predicted atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence with 40.3% sensitivity and 87.3% specificity. In the second phase, after completing the 1:1 matching, the Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that the ratio of E/E' ≥ 13.45 was associated with further recurrences after RFCA (log-rank P = .009), compared to the patients with a ratio of E/E' < 13.45. The univariate Cox analysis indicated that an elevated ratio of E/E'(≥13.45) was the independent predictor for late PAF recurrence (HR = 3.322, 95%CI: 1.560-7.075, P = .002). However, the ratio of E/E' cut off at 13.25 predicted atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence with 75% sensitivity and 62.2% specificity.The ratio of E/E' ≥ 13.25 is an important predictor of the late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA).