• Int. J. Cardiol. · Feb 2017

    Comparative Study

    Left atrium and pulmonary vein imaging using sub-millisiviert cardiac computed tomography: Impact on radiofrequency catheter ablation cumulative radiation exposure and outcome in atrial fibrillation patients.

    • Gianluca Pontone, Daniele Andreini, Maria Petulla, Andrea Annoni, Andrea I Guaricci, Ester Innocenti, Eleonora Russo, Marco Guglielmo, Saima Mushtaq, Andrea Baggiano, Virginia Beltrama, Laura Fusini, Chiara Segurini, Edoardo Conte, Alberto Formenti, Gaetano Fassini, Stefania Riva, Claudio Tondo, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Antonio L Bartorelli, and Mauro Pepi.
    • Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: gianluca.pontone@ccfm.it.
    • Int. J. Cardiol. 2017 Feb 1; 228: 805-811.

    BackgroundThe outcome of radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) has improved thanks to left atrium (LA) anatomy reconstruction by cardiac computed tomography (CCT). A new model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm (MBIR) provides image noise reduction achieving effective radiation dose (ED) close to chest X-ray exposure. Aim of this study was comparing RFCA procedural characteristics, AF recurrence and radiation exposure between patients in whom RFCA was guided by CCT image integration with MBIR versus a CCT standard protocol.MethodsThree-hundred consecutive patients with drug-refractory AF were studied with CCT using MBIR (Group 1; N:150) or CCT with standard protocol (Group 2; N:150) for LA evaluation and treated by image integration-supported RFCA. Image noise, signal to noise ratio (SNR), contrast to noise ratio (CNR), RFCA procedural characteristics, rate of AF recurrence and radiation exposure were compared.ResultsGroup 1 showed higher SNR (25.9±7.1 vs. 16.2±4.8, p<0.001) and CNR (23.3±7.1 vs. 12.2±4.2, p<0.001) and lower image noise (22.3±5.2 vs. 32.6±8.1 HU, p<0.001), fluoroscopy time (21±12 vs. 29±15min, p<0.01) and procedural duration (135±89 vs. 172±55, p<0.001). Group 1 showed a 94% reduction of ED as compared to Group 2 (CCT-ED related: 0.41±0.04 vs. 6.17±4.11mSv, p<0.001; cumulative CCT+RFCA-ED related: 21.9±17.9 vs. 36.0±24.1mSv, p<0.001) with similar rate of AF recurrence (25% vs. 29%, p=0.437).ConclusionsCCT with MBIR allows accurate reconstruction of LA anatomy in AF patients undergoing RFCA with a sub-millisievert ED and comparable success rate of RFCA as compared to a standard CCT scan protocol.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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