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 …

Optimization of procedural sedation and analgesia during atrial fibrillation ablation

MC Homberg, EAC Bouman… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
An optimal sedation strategy during AF ablation should be based on AF patient
characteristics, the level of sedation needed, the procedure (duration and type of ablation) …

Safety and efficacy of intracardiac echocardiography–guided zero-fluoroscopic cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized controlled trial

J Ahn, DG Shin, SJ Han, HE Lim - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims The development of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has enabled fluoroless atrial
fibrillation (AF) ablation using three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping systems …

Personalized pulmonary vein antrum isolation guided by left atrial wall thickness for persistent atrial fibrillation

G Falasconi, D Penela, D Soto-Iglesias, P Francia… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Pulmonary vein (PV) antrum isolation proved to be effective for treating persistent atrial
fibrillation (PeAF). We sought to investigate the results of a personalized approach aimed at …

Dexmedetomidine versus propofol for operator-directed nurse-administered procedural sedation during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled …

H Servatius, T Küffer, SH Baldinger, B Asatryan… - Heart Rhythm, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Operator-directed nurse-administered (ODNA) sedation with propofol (PRO) is
the preferred sedation technique for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in many …

Efficacy and safety of same-day discharge after atrial fibrillation ablation compared with post-procedural overnight stay: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PT Tang, M Davies, Y Bashir, TR Betts, M Pedersen… - Europace, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) has historically required inpatient admission
post-procedure, but same-day discharge (SDD) has recently been reported. We aimed to …

Deep sedation protocol during atrial fibrillation ablation using a novel variable-loop biphasic pulsed field ablation catheter

M Grimaldi, F Quadrini, N Caporusso, F Troisi… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a novel, largely nonthermal ablative modality that,
by virtue of its putative preferential action on myocardial tissue through the process of …

Sedation strategies for pulsed-field ablation of atrial fibrillation: focus on deep sedation with intravenous ketamine in spontaneous respiration

S Iacopino, J Colella, D Dini, L Mantovani… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims A standardized sedation protocol for pulsed-field ablation (PFA) of atrial fibrillation (AF)
through irreversible cellular electroporation has not been well established. We report our …

Pulsed‐field versus cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation—Impact of energy source on sedation and analgesia requirement

R Wahedi, S Willems, J Feldhege… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Pulsed field ablation (PFA) represents a novel, nonthermal energy modality that
can be applied for single‐shot pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in atrial fibrillation (AF) …

Comparison of the Different Anesthesia Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

N Pang, J Gao, N Zhang, B Zhang… - … Research and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Catheter ablation has become a widely applied intervention for treating
symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF), which can be performed under general anesthesia (GA) …