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Comparing efficacy and safety in catheter ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation: a network meta-analysis
Linköping University, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Diagnostics and Specialist Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Heart Center, Department of Cardiology in Linköping.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2514-5324
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Linköping University, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Diagnostics and Specialist Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Heart Center, Department of Cardiology in Linköping.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4852-3065
Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Greece.
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2022 (English)In: BMC Medicine, E-ISSN 1741-7015, Vol. 20, no 1, article id 193Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: There is no consensus on the most efficient catheter ablation (CA) strategy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of different CA strategies for AF ablation through network meta-analysis (NMA). Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Web of Science, and CENTRAL was performed up to October 5th, 2020. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) comparing different CA approaches were included. Efficacy was defined as arrhythmia recurrence after CA and safety as any reported complication related to the procedure during a minimum follow-up time of 6 months. Results: In total, 67 RCTs (n = 9871) comparing 19 different CA strategies were included. The risk of recurrence was significantly decreased compared to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) alone for PVI with renal denervation (RR: 0.60, CI: 0.38-0.94), PVI with ganglia-plexi ablation (RR: 0.62, CI: 0.41-0.94), PVI with additional ablation lines (RR: 0.8, CI: 0.68-0.95) and PVI in combination with bi-atrial modification (RR: 0.32, CI: 0.11-0.88). Strategies including PVI appeared superior to non-PVI strategies such as electrogram-based approaches. No significant differences in safety were observed. Conclusions: This NMA showed that PVI in combination with additional CA strategies, such as autonomic modulation and additional lines, seem to increase the efficacy of PVI alone. These strategies can be considered in treating patients with AF, since, additionally, no differences in safety were observed. This study provides decision-makers with comprehensive and comparative evidence about the efficacy and safety of different CA strategies.

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BMC , 2022. Vol. 20, no 1, article id 193
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Network meta-analysis; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Efficacy; Safety; Antiarrhythmic drugs
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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-186161DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02385-2ISI: 000805571600001PubMedID: 35637488OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-186161DiVA, id: diva2:1674913
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Funding Agencies|Linkoping University; ALF grants (County Council of Ostergotland); Stahls Foundation (Norrkoping, Sweden); European Union [101031840]

Available from: 2022-06-22 Created: 2022-06-22 Last updated: 2025-02-10

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