2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement …

S Tzeis, EP Gerstenfeld, J Kalman, EB Saad… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007 …

Very high‐power short‐duration catheter ablation for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias: Insights from the FAST and FURIOUS study series

CH Heeger, KH Kuck, RR Tilz - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The QDOT MICRO™ Catheter is a novel open‐irrigated contact force‐sensing
radiofrequency ablation catheter. It offers very high‐power short‐duration (vHPSD) ablation …

Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation: the 9th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference

D Linz, JG Andrade, E Arbelo, G Boriani… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims Recent trial data demonstrate beneficial effects of active rhythm management in
patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and support the concept that a low arrhythmia burden is …

Outcomes of pulmonary vein isolation with radiofrequency balloon vs. cryoballoon ablation: a multi-centric study

A Almorad, A Del Monte, DG Della Rocca… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is the mainstay of single-shot pulmonary vein isolation
(PVI). A radiofrequency balloon (RFB) catheter has recently emerged as an alternative …

Novel or established cryoballoon ablation system for pulmonary vein isolation: the prospective ICE-AGE-1 study

CH Heeger, SS Popescu, T Inderhees, N Nussbickel… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Catheter ablation with a cryoballoon (CB) provides effective and durable pulmonary
vein (PV) isolation (PVI) associated with encouraging clinical outcome data. The novel …

Atrioesophageal fistula rates before and after adoption of active esophageal cooling during atrial fibrillation ablation

J Sanchez, C Woods, J Zagrodzky, J Nazari… - Clinical …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Active esophageal cooling reduces the incidence of endoscopically identified
severe esophageal lesions during radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of the left atrium for …

Pulsed Field Ablation-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Simplified Single-Access Single-Catheter Approach―The Fast and Furious PFA Study―

RR Tilz, J Vogler, B Kirstein, C Eitel, HL Phan… - Circulation …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a non-thermal energy source with promising
safety and efficacy advantages. We aimed to develop a convenient, safe, effective and fast …

DNA Framework‐Enabled Three Dimensional Organization of Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

H Chen, F Li, Y Ge, J Liu, X Xing, M Li, Z Ge… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pre‐organizing molecular drug within a microenvironment is crucial for the development of
efficient and controllable therapeutic systems. Here, we report the use of tetrahedral DNA …

Comparison of pulsed field ablation and cryoballoon ablation for pulmonary vein isolation

JH Schipper, D Steven, J Lüker… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) remains the cornerstone in the treatment of atrial
fibrillation (AF). PVI using cryoballoon (CB) technology has emerged as a standard …

Major in-hospital complications after catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias: individual case analysis of 43 031 procedures

L Eckardt, F Doldi, O Anwar, N Gessler… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims In-hospital complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter
(AFL), and ventricular tachycardia (VT) may be overestimated by analyses of administrative …