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Neth Heart J ; 28(12): 662-669, 2020 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33170441

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BACKGROUND: Low oesophageal temperatures (OTs) during cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) have been associated with complications. This study assessed the incidence of low OT in clinical practice during cryoballoon PVI and verified possible predictive values for low OT. METHODS: Consecutive patients who underwent PVI using the second-generation cryoballoon were retrospectively included. The distance from the oesophagus to the different pulmonary veins (PVs) (OP distance), body mass index (BMI), sex, age, balloon temperature and application time were studied as potential predictors of low OTs. Computed tomography was performed before the procedure to determine the OP distance. OT was measured using an oesophageal temperature probe. Applications were ended prematurely if the OT reached <16 °C. Low and ultralow OT were defined as OT <20 and <16 °C respectively. RESULTS: Two hundred and four patients were included. Low OT was observed in 54 patients (26%) and 27 patients (13%) reached ultralow OTs. OP distance was the only predictor of low OTs after multivariate analysis. A cut-off value of 19 mm showed 96.2% sensitivity and 37.8% specificity in predicting low OTs. No clinically relevant relation was found between low OTs and BMI, age, sex, balloon temperature or application duration. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of low OT was 26% for cryoballoon PVI. OP distance was the only predictor of low OTs. Since an OP distance <19 mm was present in all patients in at least one PV, we recommend routine OT measurement during PVI cryoballoon therapy to prevent oesophagus-related complications.

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Neth Heart J ; 21(10): 458-63, 2013 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23821492

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AIMS: Although cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an established treatment to improve cardiac function, a significant amount of patients do not experience noticeable improvement in their cardiac function. Optimal timing of the delay between atrial and ventricular pacing pulses (AV delay) is of major importance for effective CRT treatment and this optimum may differ between resting and exercise conditions. In this study the feasibility of haemodynamic measurements by the non-invasive finger plethysmographic method (Nexfin) was used to optimise the AV delay during exercise. METHODS AND RESULTS: Thirty-one patients implanted with a CRT device in the last 4 years participated in the study. During rest and in exercise, stroke volume (SV) was measured using the Nexfin device for several AV delays. The optimal AV delay at rest and in exercise was determined using the least squares estimates (LSE) method. Optimisation created a clinically significant improvement in SV of 10 %. The relation between HR and the optimal AV delay was patient dependent. CONCLUSION: A potential increase in SV of 10 % can be achieved using Nexfin for optimisation of AV delay during exercise. A considerable number of patients showed benefit with lengthening of the AV delay during exercise.

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