In-hospital complications associated with pulmonary vein isolation with adjunctive lesions: the NCDR AFib Ablation Registry.
Douglas DardenOmar M AldaasChengan DuMuhammad Bilal MunirGregory K FeldNaga Venkata K PothineniRakesh Gopinathan NairDhanunjaya R LakkireddyJeptha P CurtisJames V FreemanJoseph G AkarJonathan C HsuPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
Additional CTI ablation was common without an increased risk of complications. Adjunctive lesions other than CTI are commonly performed in those with more comorbidities and were associated with an increased risk of complications in persistent AF, although the current analysis is limited by high heterogeneity in adjunctive lesion set type.