Short-term results of two strategies in thoracoscopic ablation for lone atrial fibrillation
- Authors: Zotov A.S.1, Pidanov O.Y.2, Osmanov I.S.1, Troitskiy A.V.1, Silayev A.A.3, Sakharov E.R.1, Sukhotin V.N.3, Shelest O.O.1, Khabazov R.I.1, Timashkov D.A.3
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Affiliations:
- Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
- Clinical City Hospital named after I.V. Davydovsky
- Federal State Budget Institution Clinical hospital
- Issue: Vol 13, No 3 (2022)
- Pages: 5-16
- Section: Original Study Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/clinpractice/article/view/110719
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/clinpract110719
- ID: 110719
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Background: Thoracoscopic ablation is an effective treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation. Nowadays, 2 types of ablative devices are available in clinical practice allowing one to perform the thoracoscopic procedure — Medtronic and AtriCure. However, the contemporary clinical literature does not have enough data that would compare these two approaches. Aims: to perform a comparative analysis of the short-term results of two minimally invasive strategies in thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation. Methods: 232 patients underwent thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation in two clinical centers for the period from 2016 to August 2021. The patients were divided into 2 groups. The first group was represented by those patients to whom a Medtronic device was applied (n=140), the second group was treated with an AtriCure device (n=92). The patients were comparable in their age, gender, initial severity of the condition. The follow-up consisted of laboratory tests, chest Х-ray, electrocardiography, 24-hour Holter monitor, echocardiography. The structure and prevalence of postoperative and intraoperative complications, specifics of the postoperative period were compared between the two groups. Results: According to the structure and prevalence of intraoperative complications the 2 groups are comparable to each other: 4.3% and 1.1% for the 1st group and 2nd group, respectively (p >0.05). The postoperative complications had developed in 6 (4.3%) and 5 (5.4%) patients in groups 1 and 2, respectively (p >0.05). At the time of discharge from hospital, a sinus rhythm was registered in 93.6% of patients (1st group), and 85.9% (2nd group) (p <0.05). Conclusions: Both strategies have demonstrated comparable short-term results in patients with lone atrial fibrillation. A further research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy in a long-term period.
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Aleksandr S. Zotov
Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: zotov.alex.az@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0494-0211
SPIN-code: 9315-6570
MD, PhD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Oleg Yu. Pidanov
Clinical City Hospital named after I.V. Davydovsky
Email: 9681@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2017-9258
SPIN-code: 8264-7791
MD, PhD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Ilkin S. Osmanov
Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: dr.osmanov@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8114-529X
SPIN-code: 9214-2606
ResearcherId: GQP-0474-2022
MD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Aleksandr V. Troitskiy
Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: dr.troitskiy@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2143-8696
SPIN-code: 2670-6662
MD, PhD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Aleksandr A. Silayev
Federal State Budget Institution Clinical hospital
Email: Surgeon-Alex@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3798-1936
MD, PhD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Emil' R. Sakharov
Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: sakharoom@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1057-2777
SPIN-code: 6744-9462
MD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Vladimir N. Sukhotin
Federal State Budget Institution Clinical hospital
Email: vladimir.suhotin@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6897-4483
MD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Oleg O. Shelest
Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: toshelest@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0087-9049
MD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Robert I. Khabazov
Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Specialized Medical Assistance and Medical Technologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency
Email: khabazov119@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6801-6568
MD, PhD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682Denis A. Timashkov
Federal State Budget Institution Clinical hospital
Author for correspondence.
Email: denistima@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2831-1284
MD
Russian Federation, 28, Orekhovy blvd, Moscow, 115682References
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