附属病院 冠動脈集中治療部

小森 孝洋

コモリ タカヒロ  (Takahiro Komori)

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所属
自治医科大学 附属病院冠動脈集中治療部 講師

J-GLOBAL ID
201401078347173247
researchmap会員ID
B000238141

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論文

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  • Tomonori Watanabe, Hitoshi Hachiya, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kazunori Anno, Takafumi Okuyama, Tomohiko Harunari, Ayako Yokota, Masashi Kamioka, Takahiro Komori, Yuko Torigoe-Kurosu, Hisaki Makimoto, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yoshifumi Kimura, Yasushi Imai, Kazuomi Kario
    Journal of arrhythmia 40(2) 363-373 2024年4月  
    BACKGROUND: The precise details of atrial activation around the triangle of Koch (ToK) remain unknown. We evaluated the relationship between the atrial-activation pattern around the ToK and success sites for slow-pathway (SP) modification ablation in slow-fast atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). METHODS: Thirty patients with slow-fast AVNRT who underwent successful ablation were enrolled. Atrial activation around the ToK during sinus rhythm was investigated using ultra-high-density mapping pre-ablation. The relationships among features of atrial-activation pattern and success sites were examined. RESULTS: Of 30 patients (22 cryoablation; 8 radiofrequency ablation), 26 patients had a collision site of two wavefronts of delayed atrial activation within ToK, indicating a success site. The activation-search function of Lumipoint software, which highlights only atrial activation with a spatiotemporal consistency, showed non-highlighted area on the tricuspid-annulus side of ToK. In 23 of the patients, a spiky potential was recorded at that collision site outside the Lumipoint-highlighted area. Fifteen cryoablation patients with a success site coincident with a collision site outside the Lumipoint-highlighted area had significantly more frequent disappearances of SP after initial cryoablation (46.7% vs. 0%, p = .029), fewer cryoablations (3.7 ± 1.8 vs. 5.3 ± 1.3, p = .045), and shorter procedure times (170 ± 57 vs. 228 ± 91 min, p = .082) compared to the seven cryoablation patients without such sites. Four patients had transient AV block by ablation inside the Lumipoint-highlighted area with fractionated signals, but no patient developed permanent AV block or recurrence post-procedure (median follow-up: 375 days). CONCLUSIONS: SP modification ablation at the collision site of atrial activation of the tricuspid-annulus side along with a spiky potential could provide a better outcome.
  • Tomonori Watanabe, Satoshi Hoshide, Hitoshi Hachiya, Yoshiyuki Yumita, Masafumi Sato, Tadayuki Mitama, Takafumi Okuyama, Hiroaki Watanabe, Ayako Yokota, Masashi Kamioka, Takahiro Komori, Hisaki Makimoto, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yasushi Imai, Kazuomi Kario
    Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2024年3月26日  
    Lack of the typical nocturnal blood pressure (BP) fall, i.e non-dipper, has been known as a cardiovascular risk. However, the influence of non-dipper on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has been unclear. We investigated the clinical impact of non-dipping as evaluated by 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring on the long-term outcome of AF recurrence post-PVI in 76 AF patients with a history of increased BP. The PVI procedure was successful in all 76 patients (mean age, 66±9years; antihypertensive medication, 89%; non-paroxysmal AF, 24%). Twenty patients had AF recurrence during a median follow-up of 1138 days. There was no difference in BP levels between the AF recurrence and non-recurrence groups (average 24 h systolic BP:126 ± 17 vs.125 ± 14 mmHg; P = 0.84). On the other hand, the patients with non-dipper had a higher AF recurrence than those with dipper (38.9% vs.15.0%; P = 0.018). In Cox hazard analysis adjusted by age, non-paroxysmal AF and average 24-hr systolic BP level, the non-dipper was an independent predictor of AF recurrence (HR 2.78 [95%CI:1.05-7.34], P = 0.039). Non-dipper patients had a larger left atrial (LA) volume index than the dipper patients (45.9 ± 17.3 vs.38.3 ± 10.2 ml/m2, P = 0.037). Among the 58 patients who underwent high-density voltage mapping in LA, 11 patients had a low-voltage area (LVA) defined as an area with a bipolar voltage < 0.5 mV. However, there was no association of LVA with non-dipper or dipper (22.2% vs.16.1%, P = 0.555). Non-dipper is an independent predictor of AF recurrence post-PVI. Management of abnormal diurnal BP variation post-PVI may be important.
  • Masashi Kamioka, Hisaki Makimoto, Tomonori Watanabe, Hiroaki Watanabe, Takafumi Okuyama, Takashi Kaneshiro, Naoko Hijioka, Ayako Yokota, Takahiro Komori, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yasushi Imai, Kazuomi Kario
    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 25(9) 2023年8月2日  
    AIMS: The relationship between local unipolar voltage (UV) in the pulmonary vein (PV)-ostia and left atrial wall thickness (LAWT) and the utility of these parameters as indices of outcome after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation remain unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two-hundred seventy-two AF patients who underwent AF ablation were enrolled. Unipolar voltage of PV-ostia was measured using a CARTO system, and LAWT was measured using computed tomography. The primary endpoint was atrial tachyarrhythmia (ATA) recurrence including AF. The ATA recurrence was documented in 74 patients (ATA-Rec group). The UV and LAWT of the bilateral superior PV roof to posterior and around the right-inferior PV in the ATA-Rec group were significantly greater than in patients without ATA recurrence (ATA-Free group) (P < 0.001). The UV had a strong positive correlation with LAWT (R2 = 0.446, P < 0.001). The UV 2.7 mV and the corresponding LAWT 1.6 mm were determined as the cut-off values for ATA recurrence (P < 0.001, respectively). Multisite LA high UV (HUV, ≥4 areas of >2.7 mV) or multisite LA wall thickening (≥5 areas of >1.6 mm), defined as LA hypertrophy (LAH), was related to higher ATA recurrence. Among 92 LAH patients, 66 had HUV (LAH-HUV) and the remaining 26 had low UV (LAH-LUV), characterized by history of non-paroxysmal AF and heart failure, reduced LV ejection fraction, or enlarged LA. In addition, LAH-LUV showed the worst ablation outcome, followed by LAH-HUV and No LAH (log-rank P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Combining UV and LAWT enables us to stratify recurrence risk and suggest a tailored ablation strategy according to LA tissue properties.
  • Ayako Yokota, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Tadayuki Mitama, Takafumi Okuyama, Hiroaki Watanabe, Masashi Kamioka, Tomonori Watanabe, Takahiro Komori, Yasushi Imai, Kazuomi Kario
    Journal of arrhythmia 39(4) 574-579 2023年8月  
    BACKGROUND: While most VVI pacemakers in bradycardic patients are set to a low limit of 60/min, the optimal lower limit rate for VVI pacemakers in atrial fibrillation has not been established. Although an increase in heart rate within the normal range in the setting of a VVI pacemaker might be expected to lead to an increase in cardiac output with the shortening of the diastolic time, the changes in cardiac output at different pacemaker settings have not been fully clarified. METHODS: We included 11 patients with bradycardic atrial fibrillation who had VVI pacemakers implanted. Stroke volume was measured using the electrical cardiometry method (AESCULONⓇ mini; Osypka Medical) without pacing and at ventricular pacings of 60, 70, 80, and 90/min. RESULTS: Stroke volume decreased stepwise at ventricular pacing rates of 60, 70, 80, and 90/min (63.6 ± 11.2, 61.9 ± 10.6, 59.3 ± 12.2, and 57.5 ± 12.2 mL, p < .001), but cardiac output increased (3.81 ± 0.67, 4.33 ± 0.74, 4.74 ± 0.97, and 5.17 ± 1.09 L/min, p < .001). The rate of increase in cardiac output at a pacing rate of 70/min compared to 60/min correlated with left ventricular end-systolic volume (r = 0.711, p = .014). CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac output increased at a pacing rate of 70 compared to 60 in bradycardic atrial fibrillation patients, and the rate of increase in cardiac output was greater in those with larger left ventricular end-systolic volume.
  • Tomonori Watanabe, Hiroaki Watanabe, Hitoshi Hachiya, Masafumi Sato, Tadayuki Mitama, Takafumi Okuyama, Ayako Yokota, Masashi Kamioka, Takahiro Komori, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yasushi Imai, Kazuomi Kario
    Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 34(4) 849-859 2023年4月  
    INTRODUCTION: Beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), additional therapeutic strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have not been established. Remodeling of the left atrium (LA) could impact AF recurrence post-PVI. We investigated the impact of unipolar voltage (UV) criteria for the LA posterior wall (LA-PW) on AF recurrence post-PVI. METHODS: We reviewed the cases of 106 AF patients (mean age 63.8 years, nonparoxysmal AF: 59%) who underwent extensive encircling PVI by radiofrequency ablation guided by a 3-dimension mapping system, investigating the impact on AF recurrence of the UV criteria of the LA. RESULTS: Out of all patients, 26 patients had AF recurrence during post-PVI follow-up [median 603 days]. They showed a higher percentage of nonparoxysmal AF (80.8 vs. 52.5%, p = .011), longer AF duration (2.9 ± 2.7 vs. 1.0 ± 1.7 years, p = .002), and larger area size of UV < 2.0 mV in LA-PW (2.8 ± 1.8 vs. 1.0 ± 1.5 cm2 , p < .001) than those without recurrence. Cox Hazard analysis for AF recurrence adjusted by age, gender, AF duration, body mass index and left atrial volume index revealed that an area size over 2.0 cm2 of UV < 2.0 mV in LA-PW (HR 6.9 [95% CI:1.3-35.5], p = .021) posed independent risks for AF recurrence post-PVI. The atrial arrhythmia-free survival rate was higher in those with no area of UV < 3.0 mV in LA-PW compared to those with a sizable area (>2.0 cm2 ) of UV < 3.0 mV and <2.0 mV (95.0% vs. 74.2% vs. 57.1%, Log-Rank: p < .001). In the AF etiology of patients with AF recurrence, 9 of 14 patients who underwent the 2nd procedure had no PV reconnection, and 8 patients required the LA-PW isolation for their non-PV AF. CONCLUSION: UV criteria of LA-PW is a useful parameter for AF-recurrence post-PVI. Lower UV in LA-PW as an indication of electrical remodeling could indicate a higher risk of AF recurrence and the need for further therapeutic strategies.

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