In-Hospital Pulmonary Arterial Embolism after Catheter Ablation of Over 45,000 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Individualized Case Analysis of Multicentric Data.

Autor: Doldi F; Department for Cardiology II: Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany., Geßler N; Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany., Anwar O; Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany., Kahle AK; Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie, Intensivmedizin, cNEP Research Consortium EVK, Düsseldorf, Germany., Scherschel K; Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie, Intensivmedizin, cNEP Research Consortium EVK, Düsseldorf, Germany., Rath B; Department for Cardiology II: Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany., Köbe J; Department for Cardiology II: Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany., Lange PS; Department for Cardiology II: Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany., Frommeyer G; Department for Cardiology II: Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany., Metzner A; Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, Universitäres Herz- und Gefäßzentrum UKE Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany., Meyer C; Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie, Intensivmedizin, cNEP Research Consortium EVK, Düsseldorf, Germany., Willems S; Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany., Kuck KH; Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany., Eckardt L; Department for Cardiology II: Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Thrombosis and haemostasis [Thromb Haemost] 2024 Sep; Vol. 124 (9), pp. 861-869. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 31.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785519
Abstrakt: Objective and Background:  Data on incidence of in-hospital pulmonary embolisms (PE) after catheter ablation (CA) are scarce. To gain further insights, we sought to provide new findings through case-based analyses of administrative data.
Methods:  Incidences of PE after CA of supraventricular tachycardias (SVT), atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFlu), and ventricular tachycardias (VT) in three German tertiary centers between 2005 and 2020 were determined and coded by the G-DRG (German Diagnosis Related Groups System) and OPS (German Operation and Procedure Classification) systems. An administrative search was performed with a consecutive case-based analysis.
Results:  Overall, 47,344 ablations were analyzed (10,037 SVT; 28,048 AF; 6,252 AFlu; 3,007 VT). PE occurred in 14 (0.03%) predominantly female ( n  = 9; 64.3%) patients with a mean age of 55.3 ± 16.9 years, body mass index 26.2 ± 5.1 kg/m 2 , and left ventricular ejection fraction of 56 ± 13.6%. PE incidences were 0.05% ( n  = 5) for SVT, 0.02% ( n  = 5) for AF, and 0.13% ( n  = 4) for VT ablations. No patient suffered PE after AFlu ablation. Five patients (35.7%) with PE after CA had no prior indication for oral anticoagulation (OAC). Preprocedural international normalized ratio in PE patients was 1.2 ± 0.5. Most patients with PE following CA presented with symptoms the day after the procedure ( n  = 9) after intraprocedural heparin application of 12,943.2 ± 5,415.5 IU. PE treatment included anticoagulation with either phenprocoumon ( n  = 5) or non-vitamin K-dependent OAC ( n  = 9). Two patients with PE died after VT/AF ablation, respectively. The remaining patients were discharged without sequels.
Conclusion:  Over a 15-year period, incidence of PE after ablation is low, particularly low in patients with ablation for AF/AFlu. This is most likely due to stricter anticoagulation management in these patients compared with those receiving SVT/VT ablation procedures and could argue for continuation of OAC prior to ablation. Optimizing periprocedural anticoagulation management should be subject of further prospective trials.
Competing Interests: None declared.
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