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 …

Practical guidance to reduce radiation exposure in electrophysiology applying ultra low-dose protocols: a European heart rhythm association review

P Sommer, V Sciacca, M Anselmino, R Tilz… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Interventional electrophysiology offers a great variety of treatment options to patients
suffering from symptomatic cardiac arrhythmia. Catheter ablation of supraventricular and …

Randomized trial comparing pulmonary vein isolation using the SmartTouch catheter with or without real-time contact force data

W Ullah, A McLean, MH Tayebjee, D Gupta, MR Ginks… - Heart rhythm, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Contact force (CF) information may improve the safety and efficacy of ablation
for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the …

A novel temperature-controlled radiofrequency catheter ablation system used to treat patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

J Kautzner, JP Albenque, A Natale, W Maddox… - Clinical …, 2021 - jacc.org
Abstract Objectives DIAMOND-AF (DiamondTemp™ Ablation System for the Treatment of
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation) was a prospective, multicenter, noninferiority, randomized trial …

Safety and efficacy of atrial fibrillation ablation guided by Ablation Index module

F Solimene, V Schillaci, G Shopova, F Urraro… - Journal of Interventional …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Reconnection of pulmonary veins (PVs) remains common following radiofrequency
catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). Ablation Index (AI) is a novel ablation quality …

Occupational radiation exposure in the electrophysiology laboratory with a focus on personnel with reproductive potential and during pregnancy: A European Heart …

A Sarkozy, T De Potter, H Heidbuchel, S Ernst… - Ep …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The number of invasive electrophysiology procedures in the last 25years has significantly
increased worldwide and is expected to further increase in the future. The majority of these …

Zero fluoroscopy arrhythmias catheter ablation: a trend toward more frequent practice in a high-volume center

F Troisi, P Guida, F Quadrini, A Di Monaco… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Awareness of radiation exposure risks associated to interventional cardiology
procedures is growing. The availability of new technologies in electrophysiology …

Completely nonfluoroscopic catheter ablation of left atrial arrhythmias and ventricular tachycardia

MM Sadek, FD Ramirez, PB Nery… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Fluoroscopy use during catheter ablation procedures increases the cumulative
lifetime radiation exposure of patients and operators, potentially leading to a higher risk of …

[PDF][PDF] Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: current status, techniques, outcomes and challengesCatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: current status, techniques …

G Hindricks, AS Shamloo, R Lenarczyk… - Kardiologia Polska …, 2018 - journals.viamedica.pl
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common human arrhythmia. Interventional treatment with
catheter ablation is an established technique that is increasingly applied and has become …

JCS 2021 guideline on radiation safety in cardiology

K Kozuma, T Chikamori, J Hashimoto, J Honye… - Circulation …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
JCS 2021 Guideline on Radiation Safety in Cardiology Page 1 Circulation Journal Vol.86, July
2022 1148 KOZUMA K et al. Circulation Journal Circ J 2022; 86: 1148 – 1203 doi …