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An approach to fluoroless radiofrequency atrial fibrillation ablation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent arrhythmia with a lifetime risk of nearly 30%. Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the most effective treatment for rhythm control. It can be associated with reduced quality of life and complications such as heart failure and stroke.

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Pulmonary vein capture is a predictor for long-term success of stand-alone pulmonary vein isolation with cryoballoon ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

At present we do not have any reliable intra-procedural electrophysiologic predictors of long-term success of AF ablation other than pulmonary vein isolation. We evaluated selected intraprocedural pulmonary vein characteristics that may be helpful in future guidance of persistent AF ablation.

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Distribution Variance of Focal Atrial Tachycardia Foci and Long‐Term Outcomes After Ablation: Experience From Two Chinese Centers

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Methods and Results A total of 323 consecutive FAT patients who underwent electrophysiological study and radiofrequency catheter ablation between January 2011 and March 2023 were selected for this study. Young adults had a higher proportion of FAT originating from the superior vena cava and pulmonary veins.

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Long-Term Durability of High- and Very High-Power Short-Duration PVI by Invasive Remapping: The HPSD Remap Study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:High-power short-duration ablation has shown impressive efficacy and safety for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI); however, initial efficacy results with very high power short-duration ablation were discouraging. or acute reconnection (4% versus 14%;P=0.3)

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Electrophysiological characteristics and durability of index PFA lesions from redo procedures for atrial arrhythmia recurrences

HeartRhythm

1 PFA is conventionally used for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), but interest has arisen in delivering linear lesions to the posterior wall2 and mitral isthmus.3 Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a novel modality shown to be safe and efficient.1 3 The durability of these lesion sets has not been well evaluated.

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Shorten the Blanking Period After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Experts Say

DAIC

Two articles and an accompanying editorial in Heart Rhythm , the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society , and the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society , published by Elsevier , address the controversy and recommend shortening the blanking period.

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(Doubts on) The Mechanistic Role of Pulmonary Veins Reconnection in Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis of Mandatory Remapping Studies

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print.