Short- and long-term experience in pulmonary vein segmental ostial ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation*



Purerfellner H., Aichinger J., Martinek M., Nesser H.J., Janssen J,                     9

Short- and long-term experience in pulmonary vein segmental ostial ablation for
paroxysmal atrial fibrillation”

Table 1: Classification of the preexisting arrhythmia (AF=atrial fibrillation)

Combination

n

%

NoAF

2

1.6

AF only

86

7Ї5

AF + atrial tachycardia

10

8.6

AF + atrial flutter

14

FLO

AF + atrial tachycardia + atrial flutter

5

4J

Total

117

100.0

Procedures

166 procedures (1.42/patient) in 2-4 PVs were performed in total, consisting of 117
(71%) primary, 44 (27%) secondary und 5 (2%) tertiary procedures.
Figure 1 illustrates the
respective numbers of primary, secondary and tertiary procedures per patient and year (of first
procedure) between 2001 and 2003. In 63 patients (55.8%) a single procedure was carried out, as
opposed to 45 patients (39.8%) with a second and 5 patients (4.4%) with a third ablation
procedure. The duration of the primary procedure lasted for 228±55 min and was significantly
longer in comparison with the secondary (206±56 min, p=0.004). The fluoroscopic time duration
for the primary and secondary procedure accounted for 62±15min, and 53±20min, respectively.

(π=113)

Figure 1: Relative percentage of primary, scondary and teriary procedures per patient and per
year of ablation (of the primary procedure)

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal (ISSN 0972-6292), 6(1): 6-16 (2006)



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