Vivek Y Reddy, Elad Anter, Petr Peichl, Gediminas Rackauskas, Jan Petru, Moritoshi Funasako, Jacob S Koruth, Germanas Marinskis, Mohit Turagam, Audrius Aidietis, Josef Kautzner, Andrea Natale, Petr Neuzil
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has significant advantages over conventional thermal ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). This first-in-human, single-arm trial to treat paroxysmal AF (PAF) assessed the efficiency, safety, pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) durability and one-year clinical effectiveness of an 8-Fr, large-lattice, conformable single-shot PFA catheter together with a dedicated electroanatomical mapping system. METHODS: After rendering the PV anatomy, the PFA catheter delivered monopolar, biphasic pulse trains (5-6 secs per application; ∼4 applications per PV)...
April 8, 2024: Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology