• Europace · Aug 2010

    Low efficacy of atrial fibrillation ablation in severe obstructive sleep apnoea patients.

    • Maria Matiello, Mercé Nadal, David Tamborero, Antonio Berruezo, Josep Montserrat, Cristina Embid, Jose Rios, Julián Villacastín, Josep Brugada, and Lluís Mont.
    • Arrhythmia Section, Cardiology Department, Thorax Institute, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Institut de Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
    • Europace. 2010 Aug 1;12(8):1084-9.

    AimsAtrial fibrillation (AF) ablation efficacy varies according to patients' clinical characteristics. Although the association of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and AF is well established, data on AF ablation efficacy in OSA are scarce. The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of OSA on the outcome of AF ablation.Methods And ResultsA series of 174 consecutive patients without polysomnography submitted to circumferential pulmonary vein ablation were included in the study. All patients were assessed by Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) and underwent an echocardiogram and a clinical evaluation. Patients with a high BQ score, indicating high risk for OSA, participated in a sleep study. Diagnoses were classified according to the apnoea-hypoapnoea index (AHI) as mild (AHI < 10/h), non-severe (AHI < 30/h), or severe (AHI >or= 30/h) OSA. Follow-up consisted of outpatient visits and 24 or 48 h Holter monitoring at 1, 4, and 7 months, and every 6 months thereafter. Any episode of AF or left atrial (LA) flutter was considered recurrence. Fifty-one (29.3%) patients had high BQ scores. The sleep study showed that 17 (9.8%) and 25 (14.4%) of these patients had non-severe and severe OSA, respectively. One-year arrhythmia-free probability after a single ablation procedure was 48.5% in patients with low risk for OSA (low BQ score or AHI < 10/h), 30.4% in the non-severe OSA group (10 < AHI < 30/h) and 14.3% in the severe OSA group (AHI >or= 30). Anteroposterior LA diameter [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.046, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.005-1.089; P = 0.029] and severe OSA (HR = 1.870, 95% CI: 1.106-3.161; P = 0.019) were the independent predictors of arrhythmia recurrence.ConclusionIn patients with AF ablation, the presence of severe OSA is an independent predictor for AF ablation failure.

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