Durability of Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Pulsed-Field Ablation: Results From the Multicenter EU-PORIA Registry.

Kueffer, Thomas; Bordignon, Stefano; Neven, Kars; Blaauw, Yuri; Hansen, Jim; Adelino, Raquel; Ouss, Alexandre; Füting, Anna; Roten, Laurent; Mulder, Bart A; Ruwald, Martin H; Mené, Roberto; van der Voort, Pepijn; Reinsch, Nico; Boveda, Serge; Albrecht, Elizabeth M; Schneider, Christopher W; Chun, K R Julian; Schmidt, Boris and Reichlin, Tobias (2024). Durability of Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Pulsed-Field Ablation: Results From the Multicenter EU-PORIA Registry. JACC Clinical electrophysiology, 10(4), pp. 698-708. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jacep.2023.11.026

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BACKGROUND

Pulsed-field ablation (PFA) is a novel nonthermal ablation technology with high procedural safety and efficiency for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Premarket data showed high PVI durability during mandatory remapping studies. Data on lesion durability in real-world patients with clinically indicated redo procedures are scarce.

OBJECTIVES

This study sought to report PVI durability rates in patients undergoing a clinically indicated redo procedure after an index PVI using PFA.

METHODS

Patients from 7 European centers undergoing an index PVI using PFA were included the EU-PORIA (European Real-world Outcomes With Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients With Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation) registry. In patients with subsequent left atrial redo procedures due to arrhythmia recurrence, 3-dimensional electroanatomical maps were acquired. PVI durability was assessed on a per-vein and per-patient level, and sites of reconnections and predictors of lesion durability were identified.

RESULTS

Of 1,184 patients (62% paroxysmal atrial fibrillation) undergoing an index PVI using PFA, 272 (23%) had an arrhythmia recurrence. Of these, 144 (53%) underwent a left atrial redo procedure a median of 7 (Q1-Q3: 5-10) months after the first ablation. Three-dimensional electroanatomical maps identified 404 of 567 pulmonary veins (71%) with durable isolation. In 54 patients (38%), all pulmonary veins were durably isolated. Prior operator experience with cryoballoon ablation was associated with a higher PVI durability compared to operators with only point-by-point radiofrequency experience (76% vs 60%; P < 0.001). Neither the operators' cumulative experience in atrial fibrillation ablation (≤5 vs >5 years) nor the size of the PFA device used (31 mm vs 35 mm) had an impact on subsequent lesion durability (both P > 0.50).

CONCLUSIONS

In 144 patients with arrhythmia recurrence after PFA PVI, durable isolation was observed in 71% of the pulmonary veins during the redo procedure, and 38% of all patients showed durable isolation of all veins.

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