Immortal Time and Protopathic Bias in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Studies

Journal Article Accepted manuscript Immortal Time and Protopathic Bias in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Studies Get access Laurent Fauchier, MD , Laurent Fauchier, MD Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau et Faculté de Médecine, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France Corresponding author: Prof Laurent Fauchier, Service de Cardiologie et Laboratoire d'Electrophysiologie Cardiaque, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau, 37044 TOURS, FRANCE, Phone: 33 2 47 47 46 50 ; [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9267-1658 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Dylan Pereira, MD , Dylan Pereira, MD Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau et Faculté de Médecine, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Lisa Lochon, MD Lisa Lochon, MD Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau et Faculté de Médecine, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, qcaf098, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf098 Published: 23 August 2025 Article history Received: 25 July 2025 Accepted: 22 August 2025 Published: 23 August 2025