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Left Atrial Function Post Radiofrequency and Cryoballoon Ablation Assessed by Volume-Pressure Loops

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, ISSN: 2297-055X, Vol: 9, Page: 830055
2022
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Background: Left atrial (LA) function is linked to atrial fibrillation (AF) pathogenesis. AF catheter ablation decreases disease burden with potentially favorable effects on cardiac function. Atrial volume-pressure loops can optimally assess the LA function. Objective: To investigate changes in LA function by volume-pressure loops after paroxysmal AF ablation and explored potential differences between the radiofrequency and cryoballoon ablation. Methods: We analyzed 44 patients undergoing paroxysmal AF ablation from 2 centers, 22 treated with radiofrequency and 22 with cryoablation. Pre- and post-procedure, all patients underwent a real-time three-dimensional transthoracic ECG to evaluate LA volume, while simultaneously recording LA pressure following transseptal puncture. Volume-pressure loops pre- and post-procedure were created by paired data. Areas of A-loop (LA booster pump function) and V-loop (LA reservoir function), and the stiffness constant determining the slope of the exponential curve during LA filling were calculated. Results: Average LA pressure, A-wave amplitude, and V-wave amplitude were increased post-procedurally (p < 0.001). Overall, A-loop area decreased (p = 0.001) and V-loop area tended to increase (p = 0.07). The change in both A-loop and V-loop areas was similar between radiofrequency- and cryoballoon-treated patients (p = 0.18 and p = 0.52, respectively). However, compared with cryoballoon-treated patients, radiofrequency-treated patients had higher increase in the stiffness constant (b = 0.059; 95% CI: 0.022–0.096; p = 0.006). Conclusion: AF catheter ablation by the radiofrequency or cryoballoon is associated with the decrease of the booster pump function and increase of the reservoir function. Moreover, there is a post-procedural increase of LA pressure which is associated with an acute increase in LA stiffness in radiofrequency ablation, but not in cryoablation.

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Karanasos, Antonios; Tyrovolas, Konstantinos; Tsiachris, Dimitrios; Efremidis, Michalis; Kordalis, Athanasios; Karmpalioti, Maria; Prappa, Efstathia; Karagiannis, Stefanos; Aggeli, Constantina; Gatzoulis, Konstantinos; Tousoulis, Dimitrios; Tsioufis, Costas; Toutouzas, Konstantinos P

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