A Randomized Trial of Electrographic Flow-Guided Redo Ablation for Nonparoxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (FLOW-AF)
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.040" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.040</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Randomized Trial of Electrographic Flow-Guided Redo Ablation for Nonparoxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (FLOW-AF)
Original language description
BACKGROUND: Electrographic flow (EGF) mapping enables full spatiotemporal reconstruction of organized wavefront propagation to identify extrapulmonary vein sources of atrial fibrillation (AF). OBJECTIVES FLOW-AF (A Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Reliability of the Ablacon Electrographic FLOW [EGF] Algorithm Technology [Ablamap Software] to Identify AF Sources and Guide Ablation Therapy in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation) was multicenter, randomized controlled study of EGF mapping to: 1) stratify a non- paroxysmal AF population undergoing redo ablation; 2) guide ablation of these extrapulmonary vein AF sources; and 3) improve AF recurrence outcomes. METHODS FLOW-AF enrolled persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF)/long-standing PerAF patients undergoing redo ablation at 4 centers. One-minute EGF maps were recorded from standardized biatrial basket positions. Patients with source activity >= 26.5% were randomized 1:1 to PVI + EGF-guided ablation vs PVI only; patients without sources >= 26.5% threshold were not randomized. Follow-up and electrocardiographic monitoring occurred at 3, 6, and 12 months. RESULTS We enrolled 85 patients (age 65.6 + 9.3 years, 37% female, 24% long-standing PerAF). Thirty-four (40%) patients had no sources greater than threshold; at least 1 source greater than threshold was present in 46 (60%) (EGF-guided ablation, n = 22; control group, n = 26). Patients with sources were older (68.2 vs 62.6 years; P = 0.005) with higher CHA2DS2-VASc 2 DS 2-VASc scores (2.8 vs 1.9; P = 0.001). The freedom from safety events was 97.2%, and 95% of EGFidentified sources were successfully ablated. In randomized patients, AF-free survival at 12 months was 68% for EGFguided ablation vs 17% for the control group (P = 0.042); freedom from AF/atrial tachycardia/atrial flutter at 12 months was 51% vs 14% (P = 0.103), respectively. CONCLUSIONS In nonparoxysmal AF patients undergoing redo ablation, EGF mapping identified AF sources in 60% of patients, and could be successfully ablated in 95%. Compared with PVI alone, PVI + source ablation improved AF-free survival by 51% on an absolute basis. (FLOW-AF: A Study to Evaluate the Ablacon Electrographic FLOW EGF Technology [A Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Reliability of the Ablacon Electrographic FLOW (EGF) Algorithm Technology (Ablamap Software) to Identify AF Sources and Guide Ablation Therapy in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation]; NCT04473963) (JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2024;10:1856-1869) (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
ISSN
2405-500X
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
1856-1869
UT code for WoS article
001301913200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85197029411