2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) …

IC Van Gelder, M Rienstra, KV Bunting… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with atrial fibrillation in the MANIFEST-17K study

E Ekanem, P Neuzil, T Reichlin, J Kautzner… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is an emerging technology for the treatment of atrial fibrillation
(AF), for which pre-clinical and early-stage clinical data are suggestive of some degree of …

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 …

Genetically engineered HEK cells as a valuable tool for studying electroporation in excitable cells

T Batista Napotnik, B Kos, T Jarm, D Miklavčič… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Electric pulses used in electroporation-based treatments have been shown to affect the
excitability of muscle and neuronal cells. However, understanding the interplay between …

Pulsed electric field, cryoballoon, and radiofrequency for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: a propensity score-matched comparison

DG Della Rocca, L Marcon, M Magnocavallo… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has emerged as a novel, non-thermal energy source to
selectively ablate cardiac tissue. We describe a multicentre experience on pulmonary vein …

Severe acute kidney injury related to haemolysis after pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation

S Venier, N Vaxelaire, P Jacon, A Carabelli… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has been proposed as a novel alternative to
radiofrequency (RF) and cryoablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). Following the …

Pulsed field vs conventional thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: recurrent atrial arrhythmia burden

VY Reddy, M Mansour, H Calkins, A d'Avila… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Background The ADVENT randomized trial revealed no significant difference in 1-year
freedom from atrial arrhythmias (AA) between thermal (radiofrequency/cryoballoon) and …

Left atrial posterior wall isolation with pulsed field ablation in persistent atrial fibrillation

MA Gunawardene, G Frommeyer, C Ellermann… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Left atrial posterior wall isolation (LAPWI) may improve rhythm control in
addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in persistent atrial fibrillation (persAF) patients …

Efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein isolation with pulsed field ablation vs. novel cryoballoon ablation system for atrial fibrillation

P Badertscher, S Weidlich, S Knecht, N Stauffer… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Pulsed-field ablation (PFA) has emerged as a novel treatment technology for patients
with atrial fibrillation (AF). Cryoballoon (CB) is the most frequently used single shot …

Concurrent percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: state-of-the-art review

MT Mills, P Calvert, P Velavan, GYH Lip… - Trends in Cardiovascular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Stroke prevention and symptom control are two integral pillars in atrial fibrillation (AF)
management. Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is effective at reducing …