Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Gregory F. Michaud, William G. Stevenson
Summary: A 63-year-old healthy male with atrial fibrillation presents with symptoms of dyspnea and irregular heartbeat. Physical examination reveals high blood pressure, irregular pulse, and ECG confirms atrial fibrillation. Further evaluation and treatment plan are needed.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2021)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Isaac W. Leon-acuna, Takeki Suzuki
Summary: Andrade et al. found that initial catheter cryoballoon ablation strategy resulted in lower incidence of persistent atrial fibrillation and lower arrhythmia burden compared to antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during 3 years of follow-up. The study builds upon the findings of the EARLY-AF trial and the STOP AF First trial. Due to the relatively small sample size (303 patients) and short follow-up period, it may be difficult to detect mortality benefits of cryoballoon ablation.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hao-Tien Liu, Chia-Hung Yang, Hui-Ling Lee, Po-Cheng Chang, Hung-Ta Wo, Ming-Shien Wen, Chun-Chieh Wang, San-Jou Yeh, Chung-Chuan Chou
Summary: Retrospective study found that LVA-guided LA linear ablation provides better clinical outcomes than non-LVA guided ablation in patients with non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, outweighing potential harmful effects.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Roger A. Winkle, Hardwin Mead, Gregory Engel, Jonathan Salcedo, Chad Brodt, Patricia Barberini, Cynthia Lebsack, Melissa H. Kong, Shadi Kalantarian, Rob A. Patrawala
Summary: This study evaluated the long-term outcomes of AF ablation, showing that radiofrequency ablation had better efficacy for paroxysmal and persistent AF, but poorer efficacy for long-standing AF.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Luigi Pannone, Sahar Mouram, Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Antonio Sorgente, Cinzia Monaco, Alvise Del Monte, Anais Gauthey, Antonio Bisignani, Rani Kronenberger, Gaetano Paparella, Robbert Ramak, Ingrid Overeinder, Gezim Bala, Alexandre Almorad, Erwin Stroker, Juan Sieira, Pedro Brugada, Gian Battista Chierchia, Mark La Meir, Carlo de Asmundis
Summary: The study aims to evaluate the long-term outcomes of hybrid AF ablation in a large cohort of patients. The results showed that the recurrence rate of atrial tachyarrhythmias was 47.5% after approximately 5 years of follow-up. There was no difference in clinical outcomes between patients undergoing hybrid AF ablation as first procedure or as a redo.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Claudio Muneretto, Massimo Baudo, Fabrizio Rosati, Rocco Davide Petruccelli, Antonio Curnis, Lorenzo Di Bacco, Stefano Benussi
Summary: This study evaluated the long-term efficacy and safety of thoracoscopic surgical ablation in patients with lone atrial fibrillation. The results showed that isolated left atrial ablation provided excellent long-term rhythm outcome with a low incidence of postoperative complications.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mohit K. Turagam, Petr Neuzil, Boris Schmidt, Tobias Reichlin, Kars Neven, Andreas Metzner, Jim Hansen, Yuri Blaauw, Philippe Maury, Thomas Arentz, Philipp Sommer, Ante Anic, Frederic Anselme, Serge Boveda, Tom Deneke, Stephan Willems, Pepijn van der Voort, Roland Tilz, Moritoshi Funasako, Daniel Scherr, Reza Wakili, Daniel Steven, Josef Kautzner, Johan Vijgen, Pierre Jais, Jan Petru, Julian Chun, Laurent Roten, Anna Fueting, Marc D. Lemoine, Martin Ruwald, Bart A. Mulder, Anne Rollin, Heiko Lehrmann, Thomas Fink, Zrinka Jurisic, Corentin Chaumont, Raquel Adelino, Karin Nentwich, Melanie Gunawardene, Alexandre Ouss, Christian-Hendrik Heeger, Martin Manninger, Jan-Eric Bohnen, Arian Sultan, Petr Peichl, Pieter Koopman, Nicolas Derval, Thomas Kueffer, Vivek Y. Reddy
Summary: This study compared the differences in clinical outcomes between male and female patients undergoing pulsed field ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation (AF). The results showed that there were no significant sex differences in clinical effectiveness or safety events after PFA for AF.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Florian Baptiste, Jerome Kalifa, Cyril Durand, Edouard Gitenay, Michel Bremondy, Anis Ayari, Nicolas Maillot, Antonio Taormina, Aicha Fofana, Guillaume Penaranda, Sabrina Siame, Clement Bars, Julien Seitz
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and electrophysiological characteristics of atrial fibrillation (AF) drivers arising from the right atrial appendage (RAA). The results showed that 7% of patients had RAA drivers, which were associated with the termination of AF.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Oussama M. Wazni, Gopi Dandamudi, Nitesh Sood, Robert Hoyt, Jaret Tyler, Sarfraz Durrani, Mark Niebauer, Kevin Makati, Blair Halperin, Andre Gauri, Gustavo Morales, Mingyuan Shao, Jeffrey Cerkvenik, Rachelle E. Kaplon, Steven E. Nissen
Summary: In this multicenter trial, cryoballoon ablation as initial therapy was found to be superior to drug therapy in preventing atrial arrhythmia recurrence in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Serious procedure-related adverse events were uncommon.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
J. G. Andrade, M. W. Deyell, L. Macle, G. A. Wells, M. Bennett, V Essebag, J-F Roux, D. Yung, A. Skanes, Y. Khaykin, C. Morillo, U. Jolly, P. Novak, E. Lockwood, G. Amit, P. Angaran, J. Sapp, S. Wardell, S. Lauck, J. Cadrin-Tourigny, S. Kochhaeuser, A. Verma
Summary: This study evaluated the treatment effect of catheter cryoballoon ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy for initial paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The results showed that in the 3-year follow-up period, the catheter ablation group had a lower incidence of persistent atrial fibrillation and recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmia compared to the drug therapy group. Additionally, the proportion of time in atrial fibrillation was also lower in the ablation group. Therefore, catheter ablation is recommended as the initial treatment for initial paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jason G. Andrade, Oussama M. Wazni, Malte Kuniss, Nathaniel M. Hawkins, Marc W. Deyell, Gian-Battista Chierchia, Steven Nissen, Atul Verma, George A. Wells, Ricky D. Turgeon
Summary: Cryoballoon catheter ablation has been shown to significantly improve arrhythmia outcomes, produce clinically meaningful improvements in patient-reported outcomes, reduce subsequent health care resource use, and not increase the risk of serious adverse events compared with initial antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients with treatment-naive AF.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Nobuaki Tanaka, Koichi Inoue, Atsushi Kobori, Kazuaki Kaitani, Takeshi Morimoto, Toshiya Kurotobi, Itsuro Morishima, Hirosuke Yamaji, Yumie Matsui, Yuko Nakazawa, Kengo Kusano, Koji Tanaka, Yuko Hirao, Masato Okada, Yasushi Koyama, Atsunori Okamura, Katsuomi Iwakura, Kenshi Fujii, Takeshi Kimura, Satoshi Shizuta
Summary: The study found that there is a connection between atrial fibrillation recurrence and heart failure hospitalizations after radiofrequency catheter ablation. Patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation had a higher risk of heart failure hospitalizations.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hannah T. Schwennesen, Jason G. Andrade, Kathryn A. Wood, Jonathan P. Piccini
Summary: This review summarizes the relationship between atrial fibrillation burden and adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes, and discusses the role of catheter ablation in mitigating the morbidity and mortality associated with a greater burden of atrial fibrillation.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alexis Hermida, Jacqueline Burtin, Maciej Kubala, Floriane Fay, Pierre-Marc Lallemand, Otilia Buiciuc, Audrey Lieu, Mustafa Zaitouni, Christophe Beyls, Jean-Sylvain Hermida
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness and complications of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (cryo-PVI) in men and women with atrial fibrillation (AF). It found that a single cryo-PVI procedure for paroxysmal AF had significantly lower success rates in female patients compared to male patients, and female patients were also more likely to experience complications.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fabien Squara, Didier Scarlatti, Sok-Sithikun Bun, Pamela Moceri, Emile Ferrari, Olivier Meste, Vicente Zarzoso
Summary: This study found that Fibrillatory Wave Amplitude (FWA) is unrelated to the complexity of atrial fibrillation (AF) but is mainly determined by the amount of viable atrial myocytes. Therefore, FWA should only be referred as a marker of atrial tissue pathology.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Victoria Jacobs, Heidi T. May, Tamil L. Bair, Brian G. Crandall, Michael Cutler, Johnd D. Day, J. Peter Weiss, Jeffrey S. Osborn, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Charles Mallender, T. Jared Bunch
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
T. Jared Bunch, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Victoria Jacobs, Brian G. Crandall, Michael Cutler, J. Peter Weiss, Charles Mallender, Jeffrey S. Osborn, Jeffrey L. Anderson, John D. Day
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Seth S. Martin, Arif A. Khokhar, Heidi T. May, Krishnaji R. Kulkarni, Michael J. Blaha, Parag H. Joshi, Peter P. Toth, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Stacey Knight, Yan Li, John A. Spertus, Steven R. Jones
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2015)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Victoria Jacobs, Scott C. Wolter, Scott Stevens, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Brian G. Crandall, John D. Day, Katie Johanning, Yenh Long, Charles Mallender, Jeffrey L. Olson, Jeffrey S. Osborn, J. Peter Weiss, T. Jared Bunch
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
T. Jared Bunch, J. Peter Weiss, Brian G. Crandall, John D. Day, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Jeffrey S. Osborn, Charles Mallender, Avi Fischer, Kyle J. Brunner, Srijoy Mahapatra
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Joseph B. Muhlestein, Donald L. Lappe, Joao A. C. Lima, Boaz D. Rosen, Heidi T. May, Stacey Knight, David A. Bluemke, Steven R. Towner, Viet Le, Tami L. Bair, Andrea L. Vavere, Jeffrey L. Anderson
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2014)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
T. Jared Bunch, Heidi T. May, Brian G. Crandall, J. Peter Weiss, Tami L. Bair, Jeffrey S. Osborn, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Donald L. Lappe, David L. Johnson, John D. Day
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Heidi T. May, John R. Nelson, Krishnaji R. Kulkarni, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne, Tami L. Bair, Joseph B. Muhlestein
LIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
(2013)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kyle J. Brunner, T. Jared Bunch, Christopher M. Mullin, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, David W. Elliot, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Srijoy Mahapatra
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2014)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jeffrey Rollo, Stacey Knight, Heidi T. May, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein, T. Jared Bunch, John Carlquist
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Alan C. Kwan, Heidi T. May, George Cater, Christopher T. Sibley, Boaz D. Rosen, Joao A. C. Lima, Karen Rodriguez, Donald L. Lappe, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jeffrey L. Anderson, David A. Bluemke
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Heidi T. May, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Kirk U. Knowlton, Benjamin D. Horne
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Matthew J. Budoff, Deepak L. Bhatt, April Kinninger, Suvasini Lakshmanan, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Viet T. Le, Heidi T. May, Kashif Shaikh, Chandana Shekar, Sion K. Roy, John Tayek, John R. Nelson
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Immunology
Kirk U. Knowlton, Stacey Knight, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Viet T. Le, Benjamin D. Horne, Heidi T. May, Edward A. Stenehjem, Jeffrey L. Anderson
Summary: This study found that the rate of inflammatory heart disease, including pericarditis and myocarditis, was higher in individuals who received the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine compared to those who did not. However, this risk is relatively small compared to the risk of contracting COVID-19 and its severe outcomes. Clinicians and patients should be informed about this risk for early recognition and treatment.
OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Heidi T. May, Kirk U. Knowlton, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Donald L. Lappe, Tami L. Bair, Joseph B. Muhlestein
Summary: Long-term adherence to statins is associated with decreased long-term MACE risk among patients with ASCVD.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-QUALITY OF CARE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES
(2022)