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Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Strelnikov</surname><given-names>A. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Романов</surname><given-names>А. Б.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Romanov</surname><given-names>A. B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Артеменко</surname><given-names>С. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Artemenko</surname><given-names>S. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шабанов</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shabanov</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Стенин</surname><given-names>И. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Stenin</surname><given-names>I. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лосик</surname><given-names>Д. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Losik</surname><given-names>D. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Елесин</surname><given-names>Д. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Elesin</surname><given-names>D. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Камиев</surname><given-names>Р. Т.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kamiev</surname><given-names>R. T.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Абаскалова</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Abaskalova</surname><given-names>A. B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Байрамова</surname><given-names>С. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bayramova</surname><given-names>S. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Покушалов</surname><given-names>Е. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Pokushalov</surname><given-names>E. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">noemail@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="ru" id="aff-1"><institution>ФГБУ «Новосибирский научно-исследовательский институт патологии кровообращения имени академика Е.Н.Мешалкина» Министерства здравоохранения и социального развития Российской Федерации</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2013</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>23</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>72</issue><fpage>31</fpage><lpage>37</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Стрельников А.Г., Романов А.Б., Артеменко С.Н., Шабанов В.В., Стенин И.Г., Лосик Д.В., Елесин Д.А., Камиев Р.Т., Абаскалова А.В., Байрамова С.А., Покушалов Е.А., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Стрельников А.Г., Романов А.Б., Артеменко С.Н., Шабанов В.В., Стенин И.Г., Лосик Д.В., Елесин Д.А., Камиев Р.Т., Абаскалова А.В., Байрамова С.А., Покушалов Е.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Strelnikov A.G., Romanov A.B., Artemenko S.N., Shabanov V.V., Stenin I.G., Losik D.V., Elesin D.A., Kamiev R.T., Abaskalova A.B., Bayramova S.A., Pokushalov E.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestar.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/627">https://vestar.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/627</self-uri><abstract><p>С целью оценки сравнительной безопасности и эффективности изоляции легочных вен (ИЛВ) в сочетании с линейной аблацией (ЛА) или с аблацией ганглионарных сплетений (АГС) обследованы и прооперированы 264 пациента с персистирующей или длительно персистирующей формами фибрилляции предсердий (ФП). Пациенты были рандомизированы на две группы: ИЛВ + ЛА (n=132) или ИЛВ + АГС (n=132). Первичной конечной точкой явилось отсутствие любых предсердных тахиаритмий, включающих ФП, трепетание предсердий (ТП) или предсердную тахикардию (ПТ), после первой процедуры аблации, зарегистрированных с помощью аппаратов непрерывного мониторирования сердечного ритма (ИКМ). Данные «слепого периода» (первые 3 месяца после аблации) были исключены из анализа. Пациентам обеих групп была выполнена циркулярная ИЛВ. Анатомическая область АГС определялась вагусным ответом на высокочастотную стимуляцию (ВЧС) с амплитудой 15 Вольт, длительностью 10 мс, с частотой 20-50 Гц и продолжительностью стимуляции до 5 с. В целевые зоны были так же включены соседние участки с обнаруженными сложных фракционированных предсердных электрограмм (СФПЭ). В группе ИЛВ + ЛА выполнялись аблационные линии, соединяющая нижнюю левую ЛВ с кольцом митрального клапана (левый перешеек), а так же линия по крыше ЛП между двумя верхними ЛВ. У 132 пациентов группы ИЛВ + АГС было выполнено среднем 5,6±0,4 радиочастотных аппликаций на каждой целевой, дополнительные 8,9±2,7 радиочастотных воздействий были выполнены в областях СФПЭ. У каждого пациента было выполнено в общей сложности 64,7±3,8 радиочастотных воздействий в областях ГС. Полная электрическая изоляция ЛВ и блокада проведения по кавотрикуспидальному перешейку была достигнута у всех 264 пациентов обеих групп. Продолжительность радиочастотного воздействия составила 58±11 мин. для группы ИЛВ+ЛА и 69±4 мин. для группы ИЛВ + АГС (р&lt;0,001), продолжительность процедуры и время рентгеноскопии в группе ИЛВ + АГС была больше по сравнению с группой ИЛВ+ЛА (192±21 мин. по сравнению с 153±37 мин. и 34±11 мин. по сравнению с 29±15 мин.; р &lt;0,001 и р=0,002, соответственно). После одной процедуры аблации за период наблюдения 12 месяцев, у 71 (54%) пациентов из группы ИЛВ + АГС отсутствовали ФП/ТП/ПТ по сравнению с 62 (47%) пациентами из группы ИЛВ + ЛА (р=0,29). В конце 36-месячного периода наблюдении, у 65 (49%) пациентов из группы ИЛВ + АГС и 45 (34%) пациентов из группы ИЛВ + ЛА отсутствовали ФП/ТП/ПТ (р=0,035). Пациенты обеих групп не принимали ААП. Процент левопредсердного трепетания был достоверно выше в группе ИЛВ + ЛА, чем в группе ИЛВ + АГС и составил 18% (24 пациента) по сравнению с 6% (8 пациентов), соответственно (р=0,002). Число только рецидивов ФП (без трепетания) достоверно не различалась между группами: 56 (42%) пациентов в группе ИЛВ + АГС и 50 (38%) в группе ИЛВ + ЛА за 12-месячный период наблюдения (р=0,71) и 59 (45%) пациентов и 63 (48%) пациента, соответственно, за 36-месячный период наблюдения (р=0,44). За период наблюдения равный 28,4±14,4 месяцев, у 154 (58%) пациентов возникали рецидивы ФП/ТП/ПТ. Вторая процедура аблации была выполнена у 78 (59%) пациентов из группы ИЛВ + ЛА и у 55 (42%) пациентов из группы ИЛВ + АГС (р=0,002). Остальные 21 (16%) пациент с рецидивами ФП/ТП/ПТ отказались от повторной процедуры. После второй процедуры аблации, эффективность вмешательства без приема ААП составила 68% в группе ИЛВ + АГС и 52% в группе ИЛВ + ЛА (р=0,006). Таким образом, у пациентов с персистирующей формой ФП, ИЛВ = АГС является более перспективным методом, чем ИЛВ + ЛА.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>To compare safety and effectiveness of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in combination with linear ablation (LA) or ganglionic plexus ablation (GPA), 264 patients with persistent and long-lasting persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) were examined and surgically treated. The patients were randomized into two following groups: PVI+LA (n=132) and PVI+GPA (n=132). The primary endpoint was freedom from any atrial tachyarrhythmia including AF, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia after the first ablative procedure recorded by loop recorders. The “blind period” data obtained within first 3 months following ablation was excluded from analysis. The circular PVI was performed to the patients of both groups. The anatomic area of GPA was determined by vagus response to overdrive pacing with the amplitude of 15 W, duration of 10 ms, frequency of 20 50 Hz, and duration of pacing up to 5 s. Target areas also included adjacent areas with complex fractionated atrial electrograms detected. In the PVI+LA group, ablative lines were made which connected the left inferior pulmonary vein with the mitral valve annulus (the left isthmus), as well as the line of the left atrium roof between two superior pulmonary veins. In 132 patients of the PVI+GPA group, 5.6±0.4 applications for each target area were made, additional 8.9±2.7 radiofrequency applications were performed in the areas with complex fractionated atrial electrograms. For each patient, the total number of 64.7±3.8 radiofrequency applications in the ganglionic plexus areas was carried out. The complete electric PVI and the cavo-tricuspid conduction block were achieved in all 264 subjects of both study groups. The duration of radiofrequency application was 58±11 min in the PVI+LA group and 69±4 min in the PVI+GPA group (p&lt;0.001), the duration of procedure and X-ray exposure in the PVI+GPA group was longer than in the PVI+LA group (192±21 min and 153±37 min, respectively, p&lt;0.001; 34±11 min and 29±15 min, respectively, p=0.002). After the single ablative procedure, during a 12 month follow-up period, 71 patients (54%) from the PVI+GPA group were free of atrial fibrillation/flutter/tachycardia as compared with 62 patients (47%) from the PVI+LA group (p=0.29). After 36 months of follow-up, 65 patients (49%) from the PVI+GPA group and 45 patients (34%) from the PVI+LA group were free of atrial fibrillation/flutter/tachycardia (p=0.035). The patients of both groups did not take antiarrhythmics. The percentage of patients with the left atrial flutter was significantly higher in the PVI+LA group than in the PVI+GPA group and made up 18% (24 patients) and 6% (8 patients), respectively (p=0.002). The number of AF recurrence (excluding atrial flutter) did not significantly differ in the study groups: 56 patients (42%) in the PVI+GPA group and 50 patients (38%) in the PVI+LA group after 12 months of follow-up (p=0.71) and 59 patients (45%) in the PVI+GPA group and 63 patients (48%) in the PVI+LA group after 36 months of follow-up (p=0.44). Within the follow-up period of 28.4±14.4 months, recurrence of atrial fibrillation/flutter/tachycardia occurred in 154 patients (58%). Re-ablation was carried out in 78 patients (59%) from the PVI+LA group and 55 patients (42%) from the PVI+GPA group (p=0.002). Other 21 patients (16%) with recurrence of atrial fibrillation/flutter/tachycardia refused of the repetitive procedure. After re-ablation, the procedure effectiveness in patients free of antiarrhythmic therapy was 68% in the PVI+GPA group and 52% in the PVI+LA group (p=0.006). Thus, in patients with persistent AF, PVI+GPA is a more promising technique than PVI+LA.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>фибрилляция предсердий</kwd><kwd>радиочастотная изоляция легочных вен</kwd><kwd>аблация ганглионарных сплетений</kwd><kwd>линейные аблации</kwd><kwd>участки сложных фракционированных предсердных электрограмм</kwd><kwd>аппарат непрерывного мониторирования сердечного ритма</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>atrial fibrillation</kwd><kwd>radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation</kwd><kwd>ganglionic plexus ablation</kwd><kwd>linear ablation</kwd><kwd>areas with complex fractionated atrial electrograms</kwd><kwd>loop recorder</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Calkins Н., Kuck K-H, Cappato R., et al. 2012 HRS/ EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation//Heart Rhythm. 2012; 9(4): 632-696</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Calkins Н., Kuck K-H, Cappato R., et al. 2012 HRS/ EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation//Heart Rhythm. 2012; 9(4): 632-696</mixed-citation></citation-alternatives></ref><ref id="cit2"><label>2</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Cappato R, Calkins H, Chen S, et al. 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