Heart rhythmPub Date : 2025-04-03DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.1995
Nan Wu, Wenjie Liu, Jinlin Zhang, Li Luo, Hongwu Chen, Liangrong Zheng, Gang Yang, Xia Sheng, Yunfan Wang, Liang Zhao, Weizhu Ju, Mingfang Li, Kai Gu, Zidun Wang, Xiaohong Jiang, Hailei Liu, Minglong Chen
{"title":"High density mapping of upper-loop macro-reentry surrounding the superior vena cava: substrate evolved ablation strategy.","authors":"Nan Wu, Wenjie Liu, Jinlin Zhang, Li Luo, Hongwu Chen, Liangrong Zheng, Gang Yang, Xia Sheng, Yunfan Wang, Liang Zhao, Weizhu Ju, Mingfang Li, Kai Gu, Zidun Wang, Xiaohong Jiang, Hailei Liu, Minglong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.1995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.1995","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The circuit of scar-related upper-loop macro-reentry surrounding the superior vena cava (SVC-AFL) has been described by prior case reports. However, the correlation between the circuit and arrhythmogenic substrates, and the corresponding optimized ablation strategy need to be further investigated.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to identify the electrophysiological substrate and corresponding ablation strategies of SVC-AFL using high-resolution mapping.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From June 1, 2017 to May 1, 2023, consecutive patients with macro-reentrant atrial tachycardias (ATs) from 7 institutions were retrospectively evaluated. Patients with SVC-AFL were enrolled and analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1282 patients with macro-reentrant ATs, 16 patients (1.2%, median age 60.9 years, 8 male) had SVC-AFL (mean cycle length, 281.0±55.1 ms), all identified during high-resolution activation mapping. All patients had prior cardiac surgery (14, 87.5%) or catheter ablation (8, 50.0%). A longitudinal surgical-incision/scar extending from the SVC to the right atrium (RA) was observed in all patients, enabling macro-reentry. SVC-AFLs with shorter circuits (<180 mm) had more slow conduction areas than those with longer circuits (>180 mm) [3.0 (2.0, 4.0) vs. 1.0 (1.0, 1.5), P=0.023]. All ATs were terminated by ablating the channel between the surgical-incision/scar and anatomical barriers. Cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) block was achieved in all patients. During a 21-month follow-up, all patients were free of atrial arrhythmias except for 4 patients experiencing short-lived paroxysmal ATs that did not require further ablation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A surgical-incision/scar extending from the SVC to RA promotes the development of SVC-AFL. Substrate-based linear lesions, along with prophylactic CTI ablation, afford favorable clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12886,"journal":{"name":"Heart rhythm","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143788154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart rhythmPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.087
Petr Neuzil, Jan Petru, Moritoshi Funasako, Jacob S. Koruth, Pavel Hala, Jan Skoda, Vivek Y. Reddy
{"title":"AB-499650-001 FEASIBILITY AND DURABILITY OF PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION AND POSTERIOR LEFT ATRIAL WALL ABLATION USING NANOSECOND PULSE FIELD ABLATION: A FIRST-IN-HUMAN CLINICAL EXPERIENCE","authors":"Petr Neuzil, Jan Petru, Moritoshi Funasako, Jacob S. Koruth, Pavel Hala, Jan Skoda, Vivek Y. Reddy","doi":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.087","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.087","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12886,"journal":{"name":"Heart rhythm","volume":"22 4","pages":"Pages S41-S42"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart rhythmPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.017
Wiert Hoeksema, Martijn H. van der Ree, Jorrit Visser, Claudia Herrera-Siklody, Joost Verhoeff, Pieter G. Postema, Etienne Pruvot, Brian Balgobind, Luis Schiappacasse
{"title":"AB-499635-004 EVALUATION OF SEVERE ADVERSE EVENTS IN RELATION TO RADIOTHERAPY DOSE IN STEREOTACTIC ARRHYTHMIA RADIOTHERAPY","authors":"Wiert Hoeksema, Martijn H. van der Ree, Jorrit Visser, Claudia Herrera-Siklody, Joost Verhoeff, Pieter G. Postema, Etienne Pruvot, Brian Balgobind, Luis Schiappacasse","doi":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12886,"journal":{"name":"Heart rhythm","volume":"22 4","pages":"Page S8"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart rhythmPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.056
Muthiah Subramanian, Daljeet K. Saggu, Sachin D. Yalagudri, Dinakar Bootla, Sridevi Chennapragada, Calambur Narasimhan
{"title":"CI-499643-005 THE EFFECTS OF SEPTAL SCAR ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF LBBAP IN NON-ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY","authors":"Muthiah Subramanian, Daljeet K. Saggu, Sachin D. Yalagudri, Dinakar Bootla, Sridevi Chennapragada, Calambur Narasimhan","doi":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.056","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12886,"journal":{"name":"Heart rhythm","volume":"22 4","pages":"Pages S26-S27"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart rhythmPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.057
Kayode Ogunniyi, Demilade Soji-Ayoade, Christian A. Dimala, Michael Fatuyi, Israel Safiriyu, Richard Orji, Olumide Akinmoju, Arun U. Mahtani, Zeth Tolu-Akinnawo, Derek Ugwendum, Aniekeme Etuk, Jude Ogieuhi, Aakriti Parajuli, Franceso Rotatori, Nidal A. Isber, Jay Nfonoyim
{"title":"EN-495062-001 GENDER DISPARITIES IN IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR UTILIZATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE HEART FAILURE: A NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS OF THE USA","authors":"Kayode Ogunniyi, Demilade Soji-Ayoade, Christian A. Dimala, Michael Fatuyi, Israel Safiriyu, Richard Orji, Olumide Akinmoju, Arun U. Mahtani, Zeth Tolu-Akinnawo, Derek Ugwendum, Aniekeme Etuk, Jude Ogieuhi, Aakriti Parajuli, Franceso Rotatori, Nidal A. Isber, Jay Nfonoyim","doi":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12886,"journal":{"name":"Heart rhythm","volume":"22 4","pages":"Page S27"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart rhythmPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.061
Zhuxin Zhang, Paul C. Zei, Jose Osorio, Allyson L. Varley, Christopher Thorne, William H. Sauer, Jorge Romero, Antonio Moretta, Subha L. Varahan, Matthew C. Sackett, Julia McHugh, Alexandru Costea, Anil Rajendra, Matthew Sellers, Yan Yao
{"title":"EN-495062-005 REAL-WORLD DATA OF SEX DIFFERENCES IN ABLATION STRATEGY AND OUTCOMES FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE REAL-AF REGISTRY","authors":"Zhuxin Zhang, Paul C. Zei, Jose Osorio, Allyson L. Varley, Christopher Thorne, William H. Sauer, Jorge Romero, Antonio Moretta, Subha L. Varahan, Matthew C. Sackett, Julia McHugh, Alexandru Costea, Anil Rajendra, Matthew Sellers, Yan Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12886,"journal":{"name":"Heart rhythm","volume":"22 4","pages":"Page S29"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}