Domenico G Della Rocca, Lorenzo Marcon, Michele Magnocavallo, Roberto Menè, Luigi Pannone, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Vasileios Sousonis, Antonio Sorgente, Alexandre Almorad, Antonio Bisignani, Andrzej Głowniak, Alvise Del Monte, Gezim Bala, Marco Polselli, Sahar Mouram, Vincenzo Mirco La Fazia, Erwin Ströker, Carola Gianni, Sarah Zeriouh, Stefano Bianchi, Juan Sieira, Stephane Combes, Andrea Sarkozy, Pietro Rossi, Serge Boveda, Andrea Natale, Carlo de Asmundis, Gian-Battista Cheirchia
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has emerged as a novel, non-thermal energy source to selectively ablate cardiac tissue. We describe a multicenter experience on pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) via the pentaspline FarapulseTM PFA system versus thermal-based technologies in a propensity score-matched population of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) patients. METHODS: Propensity score matching was adopted to compare PVI-only ablation outcomes via the FarawaveTM system (Group PFA), cryoballoon (Group CRYO), or focal radiofrequency (Group RF) (PFA:CRYO:RF Ratio=1:2:2)...
January 20, 2024: Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology