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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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4/2007
vol. 4
 
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Kardiochirurgia Dorosłych
Wpływ wielkości lewego przedsionka na skuteczność ablacji RF u pacjentów z utrwalonym migotaniem przedsionków poddanych operacji wymiany zastawki mitralnej – obserwacje roczne

Tomasz Myrdko
,
Paweł Rudziński
,
Maria Śnieżek-Maciejewska
,
Jacek Piątek
,
Jerzy Sadowski

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2007; 4 (4): 366–369
Online publish date: 2008/01/04
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Background: Patients (pts) with mitral valve disease and suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF) always have enlargement of the left atrium (LA).
Aim: We estimated the influence of LA size on ablation results after one year.
Material and methods: Fifty pts (39 female, 11 male) with mitral valve disease and permanent AF aged 61.9±7.4 years (ranging from 50 to 76 years) underwent mitral valve replacement and left-sided radiofrequency ablation (RF). The left atrial diameter was measured in long axis parasternal view. The patients were divided into three groups according to the size of LA: group A, pts with mild dilated LA (4–5 cm); group B, pts with moderate dilated LA (5< LA ≤6cm); and group C, pts with gross dilated LA (>6 cm).
Results: After one year we observed sinus rhythm in 62.5% of pts from group A; in 61.5% of pts from group B; and only in 12.5% pts from the last group.
Conclusions: 1) mild and moderate enlargement of LA does not affect the efficiency of RF ablation; 2) gross enlargement of LA (>6 cm) is connected more frequently with ineffective ablation (but it was not statistically significant); 3) correct estimation of the influence of LA diameter on ablation results requires
a bigger group of pts.
keywords:

atrial fibrillation, endocardial ablation, radiofrequency
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