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Oesophageal injury following magnetically guided single-catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: insights from the MAGNA-AF registry.
Aims: Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) after catheter ablation (CA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) revealed a high rate of procedure related oesophageal lesions. We hypothesized that magnetically guided CA with careful radiofrequency energy titration at the posterior left atrial (LA) wall limits the incidence of oesophageal tissue damage.
Methods and results: As a part of the prospective "Remote MAGNetic catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation" (MAGNA-AF) registry, 251 out of 266 consecutive patients underwent OGD after magnetically guided single-CA for AF. All detected pathologies were analysed. Simultaneous pacing and ablation from the tip of the magnetically guided catheter was found to be a safe and feasible method for energy titration. Post-interventional OGD documented midoesophageal tissue damage in four (1.6%) patients. Although a thermal origin of these injuries must be discussed, none of them was located at the anterior oesophageal wall. Risk factors for midoesophageal lesions were female gender and concomitant acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) treatment. Mechanical lesions in 16 patients were attributed to periprocedural transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE). There was no atrio-oesophageal fistula (AOF). Five hundred and one incidental pathologies were found endoscopically, most frequent axial oesophageal herniation (71%), oesophagitis (22%), and gastritis (57%).
Conclusion: Magnetically guided CA for AF with careful energy titration at the posterior LA wall and no oesophageal temperature monitoring is not associated with an increased incidence of oesophageal thermal injury. The routine use of periprocedural TOE may cause a low rate of mechanical oesophageal lesions but reliably prevents major complications like transient ischaemic attack, stroke, or cardiac tamponade. An observed high prevalence of upper digestive system inflammation (63%) may further support the recommendation for a routine post-interventional treatment with a proton-pump-inhibitor.
Methods and results: As a part of the prospective "Remote MAGNetic catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation" (MAGNA-AF) registry, 251 out of 266 consecutive patients underwent OGD after magnetically guided single-CA for AF. All detected pathologies were analysed. Simultaneous pacing and ablation from the tip of the magnetically guided catheter was found to be a safe and feasible method for energy titration. Post-interventional OGD documented midoesophageal tissue damage in four (1.6%) patients. Although a thermal origin of these injuries must be discussed, none of them was located at the anterior oesophageal wall. Risk factors for midoesophageal lesions were female gender and concomitant acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) treatment. Mechanical lesions in 16 patients were attributed to periprocedural transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE). There was no atrio-oesophageal fistula (AOF). Five hundred and one incidental pathologies were found endoscopically, most frequent axial oesophageal herniation (71%), oesophagitis (22%), and gastritis (57%).
Conclusion: Magnetically guided CA for AF with careful energy titration at the posterior LA wall and no oesophageal temperature monitoring is not associated with an increased incidence of oesophageal thermal injury. The routine use of periprocedural TOE may cause a low rate of mechanical oesophageal lesions but reliably prevents major complications like transient ischaemic attack, stroke, or cardiac tamponade. An observed high prevalence of upper digestive system inflammation (63%) may further support the recommendation for a routine post-interventional treatment with a proton-pump-inhibitor.
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