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Systematic review and network meta-analysis of atrial fibrillation percutaneous catheter ablation technologies using randomized controlled trials

Kukendrarajah, K; Papageorgiou, N; Jewell, P; Hunter, RJ; Ang, R; Schilling, R; Providencia, R; (2020) Systematic review and network meta-analysis of atrial fibrillation percutaneous catheter ablation technologies using randomized controlled trials. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology , 31 (8) pp. 2192-2205. 10.1111/jce.14598. Green open access

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Abstract

AIMS: We sought out to make comparisons between all atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation technologies using randomized controlled trial data. Our comparisons were freedom from AF, procedural duration, and fluoroscopy duration. METHODS: Searches were made of EMBASE, MEDLINE, and CENTRAL databases, and studies were selected which had cryoballoon, conventional radiofrequency (RF), multipolar RF catheters, and laser technology as an arm in the study and were identified as randomized controlled trials (RCTs). These studies were analyzed for direct comparisons using conventional meta-analysis and a combination of indirect and direct comparisons via a network meta-analysis (NMA). RESULTS: With respect to freedom from AF both direct comparisons and NMA did not demonstrate any significant difference. However in analysis of procedural and fluoroscopy duration (minutes) for the pulmonary vein ablation catheter (PVAC), both conventional analysis and NMA revealed significantly shorter procedure times, RF vs PVAC (conventional: 61.99 [38.03-85.94], P <.00001; NMA: 54.76 [36.64-72.88], P < .0001) and fluoroscopy times, RF vs PVAC (conventional: 12.96 [6.40-19.53], P = .0001; NMA: 8.89 [3.27-14.51], P < .01). The procedural duration was also shorter for the cryoballoon with NMA, RF vs CRYO (20.56 [3.47-37.65], P = .02). DISCUSSION: Our analysis demonstrated that while there was no difference in the efficacy of the individual catheter technologies, there are significant differences in the procedural duration for the PVAC and the cryoballoon. While they may seem an attractive solution for high-volume centers, further RCTs of next-generation technologies should be examined.

Type: Article
Title: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of atrial fibrillation percutaneous catheter ablation technologies using randomized controlled trials
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/jce.14598
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.14598
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, network meta-analysis, systematic review
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114863
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