Comparative Study of Arctic Front Advance Pro and POLARx Cryoballoons for Linear Ablation of the Left Atrial Roof.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology Pub Date : 2024-11-27 DOI:10.1111/pace.15112

Takatoshi Shigeta, Yuichiro Sagawa, Hirofumi Arai, Atsuhito Oda, Koji Sudo, Kazuya Murata, Kaoru Okishige, Manabu Kurabayashi, Masahiko Goya, Tetsuo Sasano, Yasuteru Yamauchi

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Abstract

Background: The effectiveness of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) of the left atrial (LA) roof in addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using a novel cryoballoon catheter, POLARx, remains unclear.

Methods: This study compared the efficacy of LA roof line ablation and PVI using POLARx (Boston Scientific) or AFA-Pro (Medtronic) in 100 patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. The right superior pulmonary vein (PV) anchoring and raise-up techniques were consistently used for LA roof line ablation, and rapid right ventricular pacing was applied if the cryoballoon temperature did not reach -40°C.

Results: Complete conduction block at the LA roof could be obtained in all patients with POLARx and in 98.0% of patients with AFA-Pro. Rapid right ventricular pacing was needed in 64.0% of patients with AFA-Pro and in no patients with POLARx. During LA roof line ablation, the nadir cryoballoon temperature was significantly lower with POLARx than with AFA-Pro (right: -54.2°C ± 4.4°C vs. -46.0°C ± 5.4°C; central: -56.8°C ± 4.4°C vs. -45.7°C ± 4.8°C; left: -56.1°C ± 4.3°C vs. -46.1°C ± 5.7°C), and the cryoballoon temperature reached -40°C earlier with POLARx than with AFA-Pro (right: 30.8 ± 7.4 s vs. 74.1 ± 37.7 s; central: 28.2 ± 5.2 s vs. 62.9 ± 30.9 s; left: 29.8 ± 5.8 s vs. 69.6 ± 40.7 s).

Conclusion: The nadir cryoballoon temperature with POLARx was approximately 10°C lower than with AFA-Pro, consistently dropping below -40°C during LA roof line CBA. Thus, a complete conduction block of the LA roof line can be easily accomplished using right superior PV anchoring and the raise-up techniques without the need for rapid right ventricular pacing with POLARx.

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Arctic Front Advance Pro 和 POLARx 低温球囊用于左心房顶部线性消融的比较研究

背景：在使用新型冷冻气球导管 POLARx 进行肺静脉隔离术（PVI）的同时进行左心房（LA）房顶冷冻气球消融术（CBA）的有效性仍不明确：本研究比较了在 100 名持续性心房颤动患者中使用 POLARx（波士顿科学公司）或 AFA-Pro（美敦力公司）进行 LA 房顶线消融和 PVI 的疗效。LA 屋顶线消融始终使用右上肺静脉 (PV) 固定和提升技术，如果冷冻球囊温度未达到 -40°C，则使用快速右心室起搏：所有使用 POLARx 的患者和 98.0% 使用 AFA-Pro 的患者都能获得 LA 室顶完全传导阻滞。64.0%的 AFA-Pro 患者需要快速右心室起搏，没有 POLARx 患者需要快速右心室起搏。在 LA 顶线消融过程中，POLARx 的低温球囊最低温度明显低于 AFA-Pro（右侧：-54.2°C ± 4.4°C vs. -46.0°C ± 5.4°C；中央：-56.8°C ± 4.4°C vs. -45.7°C ± 4.8°C；左侧：-56.1°C ± 4.3°C vs. -46.1°C ± 5.4°C）。-与 AFA-Pro 相比，POLARx 的低温球囊温度更早达到 -40°C（右侧：30.8 ± 7.4 秒 vs. 74.1 ± 37.7 秒；中部：28.2 ± 5.2 秒 vs. 62.9 ± 30.9 秒；左侧：29.8 ± 5.8 秒 vs. 69.6 ± 40.7 秒）：结论：使用 POLARx 时的低温球囊最低温度比使用 AFA-Pro 时低约 10°C，在 LA 屋顶线 CBA 期间持续低于 -40°C。因此，使用 POLARx，无需快速右心室起搏，即可通过右上 PV 锚定和升高技术轻松实现 LA 顶线的完全传导阻滞。

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Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology 医学-工程：生物医学

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209

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