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Title: | Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: reintervention, rehospitalization, and quality-of-life outcomes in the FIRE AND ICE trial. |
Author: | Kuck, Karl-Heinz Fürnkranz, Alexander Chun, K.R.J. Metzner, Andreas Ouyang, Feifan Schlüter, Michael Elvan, Arif Lim, Hae W. Kueffer, Fred J. Arentz, Thomas Albenque, Jean Paul Tondo, Claudio Kühne, Michael Sticherling, Christian Brugada Terradellas, Josep, 1958- |
Keywords: | Fibril·lació auricular Cateterisme cardíac Radiofreqüència Atrial fibrillation Cardiac catheterization Radio frequency |
Issue Date: | 5-Jul-2016 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Abstract: | AIMS: The primary safety and efficacy endpoints of the randomized FIRE AND ICE trial have recently demonstrated non-inferiority of cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency current (RFC) catheter ablation in patients with drug-refractory symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of the current study was to assess outcome parameters that are important for the daily clinical management of patients using key secondary analyses. Specifically, reinterventions, rehospitalizations, and quality-of-life were examined in this randomized trial of cryoballoon vs. RFC catheter ablation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients (374 subjects in the cryoballoon group and 376 subjects in the RFC group) were evaluated in the modified intention-to-treat cohort. After the index ablation, log-rank testing over 1000 days of follow-up demonstrated that there were statistically significant differences in favour of cryoballoon ablation with respect to repeat ablations (11.8% cryoballoon vs. 17.6% RFC; P = 0.03), direct-current cardioversions (3.2% cryoballoon vs. 6.4% RFC; P = 0.04), all-cause rehospitalizations (32.6% cryoballoon vs. 41.5% RFC; P = 0.01), and cardiovascular rehospitalizations (23.8% cryoballoon vs. 35.9% RFC; P < 0.01). There were no statistical differences between groups in the quality-of-life surveys (both mental and physical) as measured by the Short Form-12 health survey and the EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire. There was an improvement in both mental and physical quality-of-life in all patients that began at 6 months after the index ablation and was maintained throughout the 30 months of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Patients treated with cryoballoon as opposed to RFC ablation had significantly fewer repeat ablations, direct-current cardioversions, all-cause rehospitalizations, and cardiovascular rehospitalizations during follow-up. Both patient groups improved in quality-of-life scores after AF ablation |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw285 |
It is part of: | European Heart Journal, 2016, vol. 37, p. 2858-2865 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/118280 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw285 |
ISSN: | 0195-668X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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