
NSU-MD Faculty Articles
Title
Epicardial ultrasonic ablation of atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac surgery is a valid option in patients with ischemic heart disease.
ISBN or ISSN
0009-7322
Publication Title
Circulation
Volume
118
Issue
14 Suppl
Publication Date / Copyright Date
9-30-2008
First Page
S78
Last Page
S82
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
DOI Number
10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.750927
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Surgical therapy of atrial fibrillation concomitant to coronary bypass grafting using epicardial Ultrasound technology was assessed after a minimum 6-month follow-up.
METHODS AND RESULTS: A cohort of 98 consecutive patients with a mean age of 72+/-7.58 years and a primary diagnosis of ischemic heart disease had surgery for structural disease. Coronary artery bypass grafting was isolated (n=51) or associated (n=47) with various combinations of aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and left ventricular restoration surgery. Atrial fibrillation duration ranged from 6 to 360 months (mean 71 months) and was permanent in 47 patients, paroxysmal in 34, and persistent in 17. Left atrial mean diameter was 48+/-6.71 mm. A circumferential ablation was performed off-pump, before the concomitant procedure, and was always associated with an epicardial mitral line lesion using the same technology. At 3-, 6-, and 12-month visits, patients were routinely evaluated by physical examination, ECG, chest X-ray, and 24-hour Holter. There were 1 early death (1%) and 4 extracardiac late deaths. A pacemaker was implanted in 4 patients. Mean follow-up time was 325 days, 2 patients being lost to follow-up. Freedom from atrial fibrillation and flutter at the 6-month visit was 84% for the entire population, 76% in patients with permanent, and 91% in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. At the 1-year visit, 85% were free from atrial fibrillation or flutter.
CONCLUSIONS: Epicardial beating heart ablation using therapeutic ultrasound is safe, reliable, and can easily treat atrial fibrillation in a difficult surgical population of patients with primary ischemic heart disease.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Keywords
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Cohort Studies, Coronary Artery Bypass, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Valves, Humans, Intraoperative Complications, Male, Myocardial Ischemia, Pericardium, Postoperative Complications, Treatment Outcome, Ultrasonography, Interventional
NSUWorks Citation
Groh, Mark A; Binns, Oliver A; Burton, Harry G; Champsaur, Gerard L; Ely, Stephen W.; and Johnson, Alan M, "Epicardial ultrasonic ablation of atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac surgery is a valid option in patients with ischemic heart disease." (2008). NSU-MD Faculty Articles. 71.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_md_facarticles/71