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2008 roma, convegno updating in cardiologia. l'ablazione della fibrillazione atriale
1. Stefano Nardi, MD, PhD
AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA SANTA MARIA TERNIAZIENDA OSPEDALIERA SANTA MARIA TERNI
DIPARTIMENTO CARDIOTORACOVASCOLAREDIPARTIMENTO CARDIOTORACOVASCOLARE
UNITA’ OPERATIVA DI ARITMOLOGIA CARDIACAUNITA’ OPERATIVA DI ARITMOLOGIA CARDIACA
La terapia ablativa dellaLa terapia ablativa della
Fibrillazione AtrialeFibrillazione Atriale
L’ entusiasmo dell’ elettrofisiologoL’ entusiasmo dell’ elettrofisiologo
C O N V E G N O
UPDATING
DI CARDIOLOGIA
15 novembre 2008
Auditorium ex I Clinica Medica
Policlinico Umberto I - ROMA
3. 9,6
13,4
15,3
18
25,7
28,9
49,8
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
SOLVD (II-III)
V-HeFT (II-III)
CHF-STAT (II-III)
ATLAS (III)
DIAMOND-CHF (II-III)
GESICA (II-IV)
CONSENSUS (IV)
Prevalenza FA (% )
• All AFib affected pts have an increased Morbidity
• The overall increased Mortality is 1,6-2,6%
(Manitoba and Framingham Studies)
• 5% year ischemic stroke
• 1/6 Cerebro-Vascular
Accident (CVA)
• Framingham Study
RHD 17 X rate of CVA
Risk of Stroke increased
with age (1,5% 50-59
yrs vs
23,5% at 80-89 yrs)
MagnitudeMagnitude
4. FA
CURA controllo clinico
controllo FARipristino RS
controllo clinico
parossistica permanentepersistente
Atrial FibrillationAtrial Fibrillation
different strategiesdifferent strategies
6. AFFIRM
STAFSTAF
PIAFPIAF
HOT CAFÉHOT CAFÉ
PAF-2PAF-2
RACERACE• Paroxysmal Atrial Fibirllation 2
(PAF2) Eur Heart J ’02
• Pharmacological Intervention in AF (PIAF)
Lancet ’00.
• Comparison of rate control and rhythm
control in pts with AF (AFFIRM)
NEJM ‘02.
• Randomized trial of rate-control
versus rhythm CTR in PeAF: the
Strategies of Treatment of AF (STAF)
study. JACC ‘03.
• Effect of rate or rhythm control on QoL
in PeAF: results from the Rate CTR vs
ECV (RACE) Study. JACC ‘ 04.
• How to treat C-AF (HOT-CAFÉ`) New DehliNew Dehli
Atrial FibrillationAtrial Fibrillation
Randomized TrialsRandomized Trials
7. - Strategies based to maintaining SR at 1 yrs FU
without AADs is <30% (recurrence between 50-70%) ....
Pooled (meta-analysis) data from
PAF2, PIAF,
STAF, AFFIRM e RACE
- … however in most cases AADs based strategies are
not able to prevent RECURRENCE of A Fib.
• Global acute efficacy 40-50% (reduce in long term FU)
25% interruption of treatment !
• SIDE EFFECTS
– Until 20% of cases (3-5% TdP)
8. • Arrhythmia-free survival after
ECV in pts with PeAF
Lower Curve
Outcome after a single shock when
no prophylactic AADs was given
Upper curve
Outcome with repeated ECV in
conjunction with AADs
prophylaxis
Pooled (meta-analysis) data from
PAF2, PIAF,
STAF, AFFIRM e RACE
17. Action Potential, Ca++ and
Contractility in AFib pts
1.1. Reduction in amplitude and increase in duration of APReduction in amplitude and increase in duration of AP
ControlControl A FibA Fib
AP (EAP (Emm))
[Ca[Ca2+2+
]]ii
ContractionContraction
2.2. Reduction in the upslope and downslop of the CaReduction in the upslope and downslop of the Ca++++
transienttransient
3. Parallel reduction in the upslope and downslop of the peak
developed tension
ContractionContraction
[Ca2+]i[Ca2+]iAP (EmAP (Em))
18. Atrial Fibrillation
histopathology
• Karpawich (‘90) – Canine mod.
– LA myofibril disarray was found
after 4 months of AFib
– Appearance of prominent cells in
subendocardium, variable-sized
mitochondria, and dystrophic
calcification
• Adomain (‘86)
– Myofibril disarray was found in 75% of
canine hearts after 3 months of pacing
from AFib
• Karpawich (‘99) – Pediatric Pts
– Myofibril hypertrophy, intracellular
vacuolation, degenerative fibrosis,
and fatty deposits in the LA after
more than 3 years of AFib
19. Left common trunk 3 right lower veins
Normal
Pulmonary vein anatomy
TRIGGERTRIGGER
53. 137 pz (età media: 62 a)
FA parossistica o persistente
Randomizzazione a tx
antiaritmica da sola o in
associazione ad ablazione
transcatetere (ablazione
circonferenziale, lesioni lineari in
AD e AS)
End-point: assenza di recidive
aritmiche (>30 s) ad un f.u. di 1
anno
Recidive aritmiche: 91.3% farmaci
vs 44.1% farmaci + ablazione
Complicanze maggiori: 4.4% (solo
in relazione all’ablazione)
54. • Anatomia avversa e variabile
per la realizzazione di un
isolamento elettrico completo
• Rischio di recidiva di conduzione
attraverso una linea di blocco
INCOMPLETA
OSTACOLO CONSEGUENZA
• Difficoltà alla realizzazione di
lesioni transmurali all’orifizio
delle VP
• Rimodellamento elettrico
• Volume consistente di tessuto
aritmogeno tra l’orifizio della
VP e la linea di blocco
• Vulnerabilità all’innesco di FA
in risposta a triggers non
clinici (BESV da siti innocenti)
Atrial Fibrillation ablationAtrial Fibrillation ablation
PITFALLPITFALL
55. tipo di FAtipo di FA
cardiopatia sottostantecardiopatia sottostante
isolamento delle VPisolamento delle VP
(ostiale, antrale, ecc)(ostiale, antrale, ecc)
ablazione circonferenzialeablazione circonferenziale
lesioni lineari aggiuntivelesioni lineari aggiuntive
ablazione in aree aablazione in aree a
conduzione rallentataconduzione rallentata
effettivo isolamento VP
Riduzione/modifica del
substrato
Δ tono autonomico
creazione di barriere
elettriche complete e non
non inducibilità della FA
recidive aritmicherecidive aritmiche
sintomatiche/asintomatichesintomatiche/asintomatiche
utilizzo terapia antiaritmicautilizzo terapia antiaritmica
DisomogeneitàDisomogeneità
delle popolazionidelle popolazioni
arruolatearruolate
Differenze dellaDifferenze della
tecnica ablativatecnica ablativa
End-pointEnd-point
procedurali nonprocedurali non
uniformiuniformi
Metodologia delMetodologia del
follow-upfollow-up
57. 181/777181/777 Laboratori in tutto il mondoLaboratori in tutto il mondo
8.7458.745 pz da 90 Laboratoripz da 90 Laboratori
10.19910.199 ATC x FA (90% in ASn)ATC x FA (90% in ASn)
PERIODOPERIODO:: 1995 – 20021995 – 2002
SUCCESSO CLINICOSUCCESSO CLINICO::
52% (52% (3,866 pts) senza f. antiaritmicisenza f. antiaritmici
75.9% (7408 pts) con f. antiaritmici75.9% (7408 pts) con f. antiaritmici
Worldwide AFib SurveyWorldwide AFib Survey
Cappato R, Circulation ‘04
Atrial Fibrillation ablationAtrial Fibrillation ablation
62. What is success?
• Complete freedom of AF, off drug RX?
• No symptoms, but drug Rx required?
• Dramatic decrease in symptoms, but AADs
still required?
• QoL
• How do we detect asymptomatic episodes?
• Anticoagulation ………………...?
QUESTIONSQUESTIONS
63. Mickelson S, JICE ‘05
Cappato R, Circulation ‘05
In US EP believe 29% of pts with
AF are candidates for RFCA
• Lower volume centres have lower
success rates and higher
complication rate
Atrial Fibrillation ablationAtrial Fibrillation ablation
64. Scientific Paper
• Results coud beResults coud be
matched withmatched with
hystoricalhystorical
clinical dataclinical data
Registry
“Real life”
results
Clinical Practice
Acceptance degree of
randomized studies in clinical
practice
Prospectic data retrived of
clinical aspects in pts already
implanted with a PM
Evaluation of clinical benefits
due to specific PM functions
(ex. Impact of special
modality on several specific
“end-point”)
Hp,
Control
groups,
economic
evaluation
CLINICAL Practice VS Registries
Courtesy of Dr. Botto
TherapyTherapy
The prevailing opinion on the issue of why, how and when to maintain sinus rhythm in patients with Atrial Fibrillation has been recently questioned by three recently published trials comparing the two pharmacological strategies in atrial fibrillation: rhythm and rate control.
The landmark AFFIRM study found a trend toward increased mortality in the arm of patients treated with antiarrhythmic drugs to restore and thereafter maintain SR;
Indeed, subgroup analyses shows that the hypothesized advantage of rate controlling, is more pronounced in older patients, with ischemic heart disease and/or cardiac comorbidities.
Thus, it can be speculated that this advantage in controlling heart rate may have resulted from antiarrhythmic drug toxicity and failure in patients with structural heart disease.
Mr. Chairman and colleagues:
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a hot topic and an “arrhythmia en vogue” these days for many reasons. The management of this extremely common and vexing heart rhythm disturbance, which is associated with a significant high risk of stroke, heart failure and death compared to normal sinus rhythm, has become more complex.
(SLIDE 8) However, PVs anatomy and LA/PVs junction can be very changeable in morphology and anatomic variation, as you can see in this pictures (such as left or right common trunk, or numeber or anatomic variation in PVs numbers). At this purpose even if SOCA has clearly demonstrated to be very effective in AFib treatment, performing this procedure using the fluoroscopy technique alone could be technically challenging especially if LA three-dimensional (3D) geometry is particularly complex or atypical. A this purpose, the positioning of a circular mapping catheter or a repositioning after displacement could be imprecise under only fluoroscopic view and renders the creation of several lesions sometimes extremely difficult.
From stable primary mother wave impulses spread away with fibrillatory conduction along well oriented fibers around PVs, as you can see in this slide. Thus, it is important, when delivering circular lesions, to seek for anatomical orientation of myocardial fibers, so as to disconnect more appropriately PVs from the LA.
(SLIDE 3) However, at this purpose it’s clearly evident that pulmonary veins (PVs) can play a dominant role for initiation and maintenance AF, especially in Paroxismal AF or in mild or moderate LA enlargement, since Dr. Haissaguerre and colleagues firstly discovered that ectopic beats or rapidly firing foci, predominantly located in the muscle sleeves within pulmonary veins (PVs) or around the left atrium (LA) – PV junction, can start AF.
PVs can play a dominant role as source of trigger and in the maintenance of AF and, defined the pivotal role played by PVs and considering the dominant role played by the excitable tissues located around the PVs ostia, the next step was limited the EP interactions between these areas and the remaining LA tissue.
(SLIDE 3) However, at this purpose it’s clearly evident that pulmonary veins (PVs) can play a dominant role for initiation and maintenance AF, especially in Paroxismal AF or in mild or moderate LA enlargement, since Dr. Haissaguerre and colleagues firstly discovered that ectopic beats or rapidly firing foci, predominantly located in the muscle sleeves within pulmonary veins (PVs) or around the left atrium (LA) – PV junction, can start AF.
PVs can play a dominant role as source of trigger and in the maintenance of AF and, defined the pivotal role played by PVs and considering the dominant role played by the excitable tissues located around the PVs ostia, the next step was limited the EP interactions between these areas and the remaining LA tissue.
Similar to the previous slide, the altered strain patterns in the left ventricle can induce cellular and sub-cellular remodeling, as well as, fibrosis and calcification. Note: this occurs a distance from the pacing lead location.
(SLIDE 8) However, PVs anatomy and LA/PVs junction can be very changeable in morphology and anatomic variation, as you can see in this pictures (such as left or right common trunk, or numeber or anatomic variation in PVs numbers). At this purpose even if SOCA has clearly demonstrated to be very effective in AFib treatment, performing this procedure using the fluoroscopy technique alone could be technically challenging especially if LA three-dimensional (3D) geometry is particularly complex or atypical. A this purpose, the positioning of a circular mapping catheter or a repositioning after displacement could be imprecise under only fluoroscopic view and renders the creation of several lesions sometimes extremely difficult.
(SLIDE 12) Anatomo-patologic studies reveals a non-uniform distribution of the myocardial sleeves that extent from LA into PVs so that their disposition could not be circumferencial rather segmental. In this fashion to disconnect PVs from adiacent LA tissue and blocked the conduction, could not be necessary performed an encircling line around the PVs ostia as reported with CLAA.
(SLIDE 7) This last one approach has the ambitious convincement that the electrical isolation of PVs from the LA have been showed to be reliable for eliminating AF in an high percentage of selected patients. At this purpose, even if SOCA has been guided by EP mapping, novel strategies have emerged over the last decade, mostly based on anatomic considerations that support the adjunctive role of a 3D mapping.
AVI movie
Here’s a quick illustration to show you how the chamber maps are built. At the start of an EnSite procedure, the catheter is inserted in the chamber and validated by the system.
(click on map image)
As a catheter is moved within the chamber, the system records three-dimensional points. The operator can also give certain points special emphasis (indicated by white squares)—these are called locked points, to help define key areas of the anatomy, such as the isthmus or crista. As seen in the published literature, chamber maps or geometries can be built in as little as five minutes. Thereafter, there is no need for fluoroscopy, since the system provides superior orientation to fluoroscopy through the 3D model and superior catheter orientation through the 3D catheter display.
When the geometry is finished, event data can then be recorded.
(SLIDE 7) This last one approach has the ambitious convincement that the electrical isolation of PVs from the LA have been showed to be reliable for eliminating AF in an high percentage of selected patients. At this purpose, even if SOCA has been guided by EP mapping, novel strategies have emerged over the last decade, mostly based on anatomic considerations that support the adjunctive role of a 3D mapping.
(SLIDE 25 ) Because atrio-esophageal fistula is very rare but its occurrence is dramatic and devastating, we utilized lower RF energy applications when ablating particularly on the LA posterior wall, and to make the pulses on the posterior wall near to the roof of the LA, where the LA is not in direct contact with the esophagus. Anatomical-guided electrophysiological ablation procedures have been shown to be effective for curing AF.
(SLIDE 7) This last one approach has the ambitious convincement that the electrical isolation of PVs from the LA have been showed to be reliable for eliminating AF in an high percentage of selected patients. At this purpose, even if SOCA has been guided by EP mapping, novel strategies have emerged over the last decade, mostly based on anatomic considerations that support the adjunctive role of a 3D mapping.
(SLIDE 7) This last one approach has the ambitious convincement that the electrical isolation of PVs from the LA have been showed to be reliable for eliminating AF in an high percentage of selected patients. At this purpose, even if SOCA has been guided by EP mapping, novel strategies have emerged over the last decade, mostly based on anatomic considerations that support the adjunctive role of a 3D mapping.