Primer on pulsed electrical field ablation: understanding the benefits and limitations

A Verma, SJ Asivatham, T Deneke… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Pulsed electrical field (PEF) energy is a promising technique for catheter ablation of cardiac
arrhythmias. In this article, the key aspects that need to be considered for safe and effective …

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 …

Ablation modalities for therapeutic intervention in arrhythmia-related cardiovascular disease: focus on electroporation

S McBride, S Avazzadeh, AM Wheatley… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Targeted cellular ablation is being increasingly used in the treatment of arrhythmias and
structural heart disease. Catheter-based ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered a …

Electroporation parameters for human cardiomyocyte ablation in vitro

JM Baena-Montes, T O'Halloran, C Clarke… - Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiac ablation with irreversible electroporation (IRE) is quickly being established as a
modality of choice for atrial fibrillation treatment. While it has not yet been optimised, IRE has …

Effects of pulsed electric fields on the coronary arteries in swine

A Ladejobi, G Christopoulos, N Tan… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Previous animal studies have shown no significant vascular injury from pulsed
electrical field (PEF) ablation. We sought to assess the effect of PEF on swine coronary …

Surgical ablation of cardiac tissue with nanosecond pulsed electric fields in swine

F Varghese, JM Philpott, JU Neuber… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Myocardial tissue can be ablated by the application nanosecond pulsed fields
(nsPEFs). The applied electric fields irreversibly permeabilize cell membranes and thereby …

Effects of high-frequency nanosecond pulses on prostate cancer cells

A Kiełbik, W Szlasa, V Novickij, A Szewczyk… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Electroporation with pulsed electric fields show a potential to be applied as an experimental
focal therapy of tumors. Sub-microsecond regime of electric pulses displays unique …

Optimization of irreversible electroporation protocols for in-vivo myocardial decellularization

Y Zager, D Kain, N Landa, J Leor, E Maor - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal cell ablation approach that
induces selective damage to cell membranes only. The purpose of the current study was to …

Short microsecond pulses achieve homogeneous electroporation of elongated biological cells irrespective of their orientation in electric field

J Dermol-Černe, T Batista Napotnik, M Reberšek… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In gene electrotransfer and cardiac ablation with irreversible electroporation, treated muscle
cells are typically of elongated shape and their orientation may vary. Orientation of cells in …

Review of developments in bioelectrics as an application of pulsed power technology

RP Joshi, AL Garner… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of bioelectrics lies at the intersection of biomedical engineering, biophysics, pulsed
power technology, and bioscience, guided by the underlying theme of using electric pulses …