Atrial fibrillation ablation strategies and outcome in patients with heart failure: insights from the German ablation registry
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Atrial fibrillation ablation strategies and outcome in patients with heart failure: insights from the German ablation registry. / Eitel, Charlotte; Ince, Hueseyin; Brachmann, Johannes; Kuck, Karl-Heinz; Willems, Stephan; Gerds-Li, Jin-Hong; Tebbenjohanns, Juergen; Richardt, Gert; Hochadel, Matthias; Senges, Jochen; Tilz, Roland R.
in: CLIN RES CARDIOL, Jahrgang 108, Nr. 7, 07.2019, S. 815-823.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Atrial fibrillation ablation strategies and outcome in patients with heart failure: insights from the German ablation registry
AU - Eitel, Charlotte
AU - Ince, Hueseyin
AU - Brachmann, Johannes
AU - Kuck, Karl-Heinz
AU - Willems, Stephan
AU - Gerds-Li, Jin-Hong
AU - Tebbenjohanns, Juergen
AU - Richardt, Gert
AU - Hochadel, Matthias
AU - Senges, Jochen
AU - Tilz, Roland R
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) often coexist, but data on the prognostic value of differing ablation strategies according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) are rare.METHODS AND RESULTS: From January 2007 until January 2010, 728 patients with HF were enrolled in the multi-center German ablation registry prior to AF catheter ablation. Patients were divided into three groups according to LVEF: HF with preserved LVEF (≥ 50%, HFpEF, n = 333), mid-range LVEF (40-49%, HFmrEF, n = 207), and reduced LVEF (< 40%, HFrEF, n = 188). Ablation strategies differed significantly between the three groups with the majority of patients with HFpEF (83.4%) and HFmrEF (78.4%) undergoing circumferential pulmonary vein isolation vs. 48.9% of patients with HFrEF. The latter underwent ablation of the atrioventricular (AV) node in 47.3%. Major complications did not differ between the groups. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated a significant mortality increase in patients with HFrEF (6.1% in HFrEF vs. 1.5% in HFmrEF vs. 1.9% in HFpEF, p = 0.009) that was limited to patients undergoing ablation of the AV node.CONCLUSIONS: Catheter ablation strategies differ significantly in patients with HFpEF, HFmrEF, and HFrEF. In almost 50% of patients with HFrEF AV-node ablation was performed, going along with a significant increase in mortality rate. These results should raise efforts to further evaluate the prognostic effect of ablation strategies in HF patients.
AB - BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) often coexist, but data on the prognostic value of differing ablation strategies according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) are rare.METHODS AND RESULTS: From January 2007 until January 2010, 728 patients with HF were enrolled in the multi-center German ablation registry prior to AF catheter ablation. Patients were divided into three groups according to LVEF: HF with preserved LVEF (≥ 50%, HFpEF, n = 333), mid-range LVEF (40-49%, HFmrEF, n = 207), and reduced LVEF (< 40%, HFrEF, n = 188). Ablation strategies differed significantly between the three groups with the majority of patients with HFpEF (83.4%) and HFmrEF (78.4%) undergoing circumferential pulmonary vein isolation vs. 48.9% of patients with HFrEF. The latter underwent ablation of the atrioventricular (AV) node in 47.3%. Major complications did not differ between the groups. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated a significant mortality increase in patients with HFrEF (6.1% in HFrEF vs. 1.5% in HFmrEF vs. 1.9% in HFpEF, p = 0.009) that was limited to patients undergoing ablation of the AV node.CONCLUSIONS: Catheter ablation strategies differ significantly in patients with HFpEF, HFmrEF, and HFrEF. In almost 50% of patients with HFrEF AV-node ablation was performed, going along with a significant increase in mortality rate. These results should raise efforts to further evaluate the prognostic effect of ablation strategies in HF patients.
KW - Aged
KW - Atrial Fibrillation/mortality
KW - Atrioventricular Node/physiopathology
KW - Catheter Ablation/standards
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Germany/epidemiology
KW - Heart Failure/mortality
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Registries
KW - Stroke Volume/physiology
KW - Survival Rate/trends
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Ventricular Function, Left/physiology
U2 - 10.1007/s00392-019-01411-3
DO - 10.1007/s00392-019-01411-3
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 30788620
VL - 108
SP - 815
EP - 823
JO - CLIN RES CARDIOL
JF - CLIN RES CARDIOL
SN - 1861-0684
IS - 7
ER -