ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2023
New-onset atrial fibrillation following left bundle branch area pacing vs. right ventricular pacing: a two-centre prospective cohort study.
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- Updated Meta-Analysis of Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Versus Right Ventricular Pacing in Conduction System Disorders: Insights From New Evidence.Clinical cardiology · 2026Pooled it
- The Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Conduction System Pacing Versus Right Ventricular Pacing: A Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Guideline
- 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2024Guideline
- 2023 HRS/APHRS/LAHRS guideline on cardiac physiologic pacing for the avoidance and mitigation of heart failure.Heart rhythm · 2023Guideline
- Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Following Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing versus Right Ventricular Pacing and Biventricular Pacing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Reduction in new-onset device-detected atrial fibrillation: A prospective 2-center study comparing left bundle branch pacing with conventional right ventricular pacing.Heart rhythm O2 · 2026Article
- Predictive Value of Left Atrial Strain for Atrial High-Rate Episodes in Patients With Permanent Cardiac Pacing.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of cardiac energetics in left bundle branch area pacing using noninvasive pressure-volume loops.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Mid-term comparison of new-onset AHRE between His bundle and left bundle branch area pacing in patients with AV block.Journal of arrhythmia · 2025Article
- Mid-Term Impact of Conduction System Pacing on Overall Cardiac Performance: A Non-Randomized, Prospective, Single-Center Echocardiographic Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Current Advance, Challenges and Future Perspectives of Conduction System Pacing.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Does conduction system pacing result in a lower atrial arrhythmia burden compared to right ventricular pacing?Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- Comparison between left bundle branch area pacing and right ventricular pacing: ventricular electromechanical synchrony and risk of atrial high-rate episodes.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Is conduction system pacing more effective than right ventricular pacing in reducing atrial high-rate episodes in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction?Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Pacemaker-induced atrial fibrillation reconsidered-associations with different pacing sites and prevention approaches.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Clinical value of the fibrosis-4 index in predicting mortality in patients with right ventricular pacing.PloS one · 2024Article
- Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Contributes to a Greater Acute Blood Pressure Reduction Compared to Right Ventricular Pacing.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Lead helix winding tricuspid chordae tendineae: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimsTo investigate whether left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) can reduce the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with right ventricular pacing (RVP). METHODS AND
resultsPatients with indications for dual-chamber pacemaker implant and no history of AF were prospectively enrolled if they underwent successful LBBAP or RVP. The primary endpoint was time to the first occurrence of AF detected by pacemaker programming or surface electrocardiogram. Follow-up at clinic visit was performed and multivariate Cox regression models were applied to evaluate the effect of LBBAP on new-onset AF. The final analysis included 527 patients (mean age 65.3 ± 12.6, male 47.3%), with 257 in the LBBAP and 270 in the RVP groups. During a mean follow-up of 11.1 months, LBBAP resulted in significantly lower incidence of new-onset AF (7.4 vs. 17.0%, P < 0.001) and AF burden (3.7 ± 1.9 vs. 9.3 ± 2.2%, P < 0.001) than RVP. After adjusting for confounding factors, LBBAP demonstrated a lower hazard ratio for new-onset AF compared with RVP {hazard ratio (HR) [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 0.278 (0.156, 0.496), P < 0.001}. A significant interaction existed between pacing modalities and the percentage of ventricular pacing (VP%) (P for interaction = 0.020). In patients with VP ≥ 20%, LBBAP was associated with decreased risk of new-onset AF compared with RVP [HR (95% CI): 0.199 (0.105, 0.378), P < 0.001]. The effect of pacing modalities was not pronounced in patients with VP < 20% [HR (95% CI): 0.751 (0.309, 1.823), P = 0.316].
conclusionLeft bundle branch area pacing demonstrated a reduced risk of new-onset AF compared with RVP. Patients with a high ventricular pacing burden might benefit from LBBAP.
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