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Boston Scientific Initiates AVANT GUARD Clinical Trial to Evaluate FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System as First-Line Treatment for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

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Outcomes of ablation with the FARAPULSE PFA System – a nonthermal treatment in which electric fields selectively ablate heart tissue – will be compared to outcomes following use of anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, which is commonly prescribed for patients living with persistent AF. Circulation. Not available for sale.

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Biosense Webster Study Supports Low and Zero Fluoroscopy Workflow as Safe, Effective Alternative to Conventional Catheter Ablation

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Titled "Real-world Data Affirms Safety and Effectiveness of Low/Zero Fluoroscopy Atrial Fibrillation Ablation," the study was presented as a late-breaker at the 29th Annual International AF Symposium. Biosense Webster's zero fluoroscopy workflow is the first and only such workflow available in a radiofrequency (RF) cardiac ablation device.

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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Congenital Heart Disease: Therapeutic Challenges and Future Perspectives

Journal of the American Heart Association

Herein, we provide an overview of the current knowledge on the pathophysiology and risk factors for AF in adult congenital heart disease, with a special focus on the existing challenges in AF ablation. Emerging imaging modalities and ablation techniques might have a role to play.

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Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Deserve an Attempt at Catheter Ablation as First-Line Therapy

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 16 , Page 1220-1222, October 15, 2024.

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Personalized Heart Digital Twins Detect Substrate Abnormalities in Scar-Dependent Ventricular Tachycardia

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Current outcomes from catheter ablation for scar-dependent ventricular tachycardia (VT) are limited by high recurrence rates and long procedure durations. Predicted optimum ablation sites to terminate all VTs in the models were identified.

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Superior Vena Cava Isolation With Cryoballoon in AF Ablation: Randomized CAVAC AF Trial

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. Patients were randomly assigned to either the PVI+SVC ablation group or the PVI-only group. CONCLUSIONS:The addition of SVC ablation to PVI did not enhance freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmia at 12 months, and it led to increased complications. versus 72%;P=0.41).

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Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Past, Present, and Future

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 1 , Page 4-6, July 2, 2024.