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Bronchial Safety After Pulsed Field Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
BACKGROUND: Thermal left atrial ablation can cause bronchial damage. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a novel, nonthermal ablation modality for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. We report on bronchial effects after pulmonary vein isolation using PFA for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
METHODS: A computed tomography scan showing the respiratory tract adjacent to the left atrial was obtained. Oral anticoagulation was interrupted on procedure day. Peri-procedurally, patients received heparin with an activated clotting time goal of >350 seconds. All pulmonary veins were individually isolated with a 13F steerable sheath and a pentaspline PFA catheter using either a straight-tip or J-tip guide wire. The J-tip guide wire patients were added to test the hypothesis that the straight-tip guidewire was associated with bleeding complications. One day afterward, bronchoscopy was performed. Serial hemoglobin levels were measured during 30-day follow-up.
RESULTS: In 2 series of 30 patients, PFA was performed, with all pulmonary veins acutely isolated. Clinical course was uneventful, no patient had chest discomfort, coughing, or hemoptysis. All patients underwent uncomplicated bronchoscopy, without thermal lesions or ulcers. In 12 out of 30 (40%) straight-tip guide wire patients, small amounts of old blood without active bleeding were seen in multiple segments. All hemoglobin levels remained clinically stable. At 30-day follow-up, all patients were asymptomatic.
CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary vein isolation using PFA for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation does not cause thermal lesions in the bronchial system. Use of a straight-tip, extrastiff guide wire for the over-the-wire PFA catheter can lead to asymptomatic bleeding in the bronchial system without clinical relevance at 30-day follow-up, opposite to use of a J-tip guide wire.
METHODS: A computed tomography scan showing the respiratory tract adjacent to the left atrial was obtained. Oral anticoagulation was interrupted on procedure day. Peri-procedurally, patients received heparin with an activated clotting time goal of >350 seconds. All pulmonary veins were individually isolated with a 13F steerable sheath and a pentaspline PFA catheter using either a straight-tip or J-tip guide wire. The J-tip guide wire patients were added to test the hypothesis that the straight-tip guidewire was associated with bleeding complications. One day afterward, bronchoscopy was performed. Serial hemoglobin levels were measured during 30-day follow-up.
RESULTS: In 2 series of 30 patients, PFA was performed, with all pulmonary veins acutely isolated. Clinical course was uneventful, no patient had chest discomfort, coughing, or hemoptysis. All patients underwent uncomplicated bronchoscopy, without thermal lesions or ulcers. In 12 out of 30 (40%) straight-tip guide wire patients, small amounts of old blood without active bleeding were seen in multiple segments. All hemoglobin levels remained clinically stable. At 30-day follow-up, all patients were asymptomatic.
CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary vein isolation using PFA for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation does not cause thermal lesions in the bronchial system. Use of a straight-tip, extrastiff guide wire for the over-the-wire PFA catheter can lead to asymptomatic bleeding in the bronchial system without clinical relevance at 30-day follow-up, opposite to use of a J-tip guide wire.
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