Atrial Fibrillation and Pulmonary Venous Electrical Conduction Recovery After Full Surgical Resection and Anastomosis of the Pulmonary Veins: Insights From Follow-Up and Ablation Procedures in Lung Transplant Recipients

JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology
Ayman A HusseinOussama M Wazni

Abstract

The authors report their experience with atrial fibrillation (AF) rates and ablation findings in lung transplant recipients. Pulmonary venous (PV) conduction recovery accounts for most failed atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation procedures. Lung transplantation involves full surgical resection and replacement of the recipient's PVs with donor's PVs, which may represent the ultimate PV ablation. They followed 755 consecutive lung transplant recipients categorized based on transplant status (unilateral vs. bilateral) and pre-transplant AF. In patients without pre-transplant AF (n = 704), late AF (beyond 6 months after transplant) occurred in 2.5% and 3.3% of unilateral or bilateral lung transplants, respectively. In patients with pre-transplant AF (n = 51), AF recurred in 19.4% and 25.0% of bilateral and unilateral transplants, respectively. In a subset of patients who underwent left atrial ablations after transplant for recurrent refractory AF (n = 8), PV conduction recovery across the surgical anastomoses lines was observed in 22 of 26 previously disconnected PVs. Conduction recovery was observed in ≥1 vein in all but 1 patient. Re-isolation of the veins with additional substrate modification/flutter ablations successfull...Continue Reading

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