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 …

Cardioneuroablation using epicardial pulsed field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

B O'Brien, J Reilly, K Coffey… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting millions of people
worldwide. The cardiac autonomic nervous system (ANS) is widely recognized as playing a …

Pulsed field versus cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: efficacy, safety, and long-term follow-up in a 400-patient cohort

L Urbanek, S Bordignon, D Schaack… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The cryoballoon (CB) represents the gold standard single-shot device for
pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Single-shot pulsed field …

Impact of pulsed-field ablation on intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system after pulmonary vein isolation

B Schmidt, D Schaack, S Bordignon, J Hirokami… - Clinical …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Although the autonomic reaction such as bradycardia is observed frequently
during pulsed-field ablation (PFA)-guided pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), its mechanism and …

Acute lesion extension following pulmonary vein isolation with two novel single shot devices: Pulsed field ablation versus multielectrode radiofrequency balloon

I My, MD Lemoine, M Butt, C Mencke… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Pulsed‐field ablation (PFA) and the multielectrode radiofrequency balloon
(RFB) are two novel ablation technologies to perform pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). It is …

Nonthermal point-by-point pulmonary vein isolation using a novel pulsed field ablation system

JP Wenzel, MD Lemoine, L Rottner, I My… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Initial data using PFA-capable multispline catheters suggests that PFA is effective and safe
for PVI. 2, 3 However, multispline catheters lack the ability of delivering individualized, focal …

Efficacy and safety of pulsed‐field versus conventional thermal ablation for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

AM Amin, A Nazir, MT Abuelazm… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pulsed‐field ablation (PFA) has emerged as an innovative alternative to
radiofrequency (RF) and cryoablation because it selectively targets myocardial tissue. Thus …

Efficacy of pulsed field vs radiofrequency for the reablation of chronic radiofrequency ablation substrate: redo pulsed field ablation

A Younis, E Buck, P Santangeli, C Tabaja… - Clinical …, 2024 - jacc.org
Background The efficacy of pulsed field ablation (PFA) for redo procedures is unknown.
Objectives In this study, the authors aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of PFA when …

Repeat pulmonary vein isolation and anterior line ablation using a novel point-by-point pulsed-field ablation system

JP Wenzel, MD Lemoine, L Rottner, I My, F Moser… - Heart Rhythm, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Pulsed-field ablation (PFA) is a nonthermal energy source for ablation of
cardiac arrhythmias. This study investigated the prospective outcomes of a novel PFA …

Meta‐analysis of pulsed‐field ablation versus cryoablation for atrial fibrillation

H Zhang, H Zhang, H Lu, Y Mao… - Pacing and Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The available data on the treatment strategy of pulsed field ablation (PFA) for
patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is limited. This study aims to provide a comparative …