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 …

Pulsed field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: PULSED AF pivotal trial

A Verma, DE Haines, LV Boersma, N Sood, A Natale… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Pulsed field ablation uses electrical pulses to cause nonthermal irreversible
electroporation and induce cardiac cell death. Pulsed field ablation may have effectiveness …

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 …

Initial findings from the national cardiovascular data registry of atrial fibrillation ablation procedures

JC Hsu, D Darden, C Du, JE Marine, S Nichols… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Abstract Background The National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) AFib Ablation
Registry was created to assess real-world prevalence, demographic characteristics …

Heart failure and atrial fibrillation: Is atrial fibrillation ablation in heart failure pointless or mandatory?

BK Kantharia - Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A vast amount of now well‐established clinical and epidemiological data indicates a close,
interdependent, and symbiotic association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure …

Temporal trends and in‐hospital complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation among patients with moderate and advanced chronic kidney diseases: 2005 …

N Prasitlumkum, R Chokesuwattanaskul… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Real‐world data on atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation among moderate and
advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have so far remained scarce, especially in …

Inequities in treatments and outcomes among patients hospitalized with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the United States

DY Johnson, RJ Waken, DK Fox… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac
disease. In small studies, sociodemographic factors have been associated with disparities in …

Clinical and economic outcomes associated with use of anti-arrhythmic drugs versus ablation in atrial fibrillation

J Ken-Opurum, SSS Srinivas, S Park… - Journal of …, 2023 - becarispublishing.com
Aim: To evaluate the clinical and economic impact of antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) compared
with ablation both as individual treatments and as combination therapy without/with …

Pulsed Field Ablation: Is It Better Than Conventional Thermal Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation?

AM Russo - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Ever since Haissaguerre and colleagues demonstrated that ectopic beats in the pulmonary
veins can initiate episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF) which can be treated with radiofrequency …

Optimizing the management of electrophysiology labs in Chinese hospitals using a discrete event simulation tool

W Lin, L Zhang, S Wu, F Yang, Y Zhang, X Xu… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background The growing demand for electrophysiology (EP) treatment in China presents a
challenge for current EP care delivery systems. This study constructed a discrete event …