Low-Dose Ibutilide Combined with Catheter Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Procedural Impact and Clinical Outcome

Autor: Xiaoqing Liu, Ying Tian, Michel Haïssaguerre, Xinchun Yang, Ashok J. Shah, Mélèze Hocini, Yan-Jiang Wang, Liang Shi, Xiandong Yin, Xingpeng Liu, Xue-Rong Sun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Cardiology Research and Practice
Cardiology Research and Practice, Vol 2019 (2019)
ISSN: 2090-0597
2090-8016
Popis: Background. In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), the procedural and clinical outcomes of ablation combined with infusion of antiarrhythmic drug are unknown. Objectives. To determine the impact of low-dose ibutilide after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI) and/or left atrial (LA) substrate modification on acute procedural and clinical outcome of persistent AF. Methods. In a prospective cohort of 135 consecutive patients with persistent AF, intravenous 0.25 mg ibutilide was administered 3 days before the procedure and intraprocedurally, if required, after CPVI and/or additional LA substrate modification of sites with continuous, rapid or fractionated, and low-voltage (0.05–0.3 mv) atrial activity. Results. Persistent AF was terminated by CPVI alone (n=15) or CPVI + ibutilide (n=32) in 47 (34.8%) patients (CPVI responders). Additional LA substrate modification without (n=33) or with subsequent administration of 0.25 mg ibutilide (n=19) terminated AF in another 52 (38.5%) patients (substrate modification responders). Sinus rhythm was restored by electrical cardioversion in the remaining 36 (26.7%) patients (nonresponders). The mean LA substrate ablation time was 14 ± 6 minutes. At follow-up of 24 ± 10 months, the rates of freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmias among the responders in CPVI and substrate modification groups were mutually comparable (66.0% and 69.2%) and higher than among the nonresponders (36.1%; P<0.01). Among the responders, there was no difference in clinical outcome between patients whose persistent AF was terminated without or with low-dose ibutilide. Conclusion. Administration of low-dose ibutilide during ablation of persistent AF may allow select patients wherein substrate ablation is not or minimally required to optimize procedural and clinical outcomes.
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