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Pulsed field ablation offers advantages over thermal ablation for treating cardiac arrhythmia, including tissue selectivity and avoidance of collateral damage.
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Pulsed field ablation is a novel non-thermal ablation modality with tissue selectivity, potentially avoiding collateral damage during treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
Pulsed field ablation (PFA), sometimes referred to as “irreversible electroporation,” has recently evolved as a novel means of ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia. In contrast to thermal ablation, mainly radiofrequency ablation or cryoablation, PFA has certain advantages, such as tissue selectivity for cardiac tissue over nerve cells, esophageal tissue, or blood vessels and avoidance of collateral damage due to extracardiac tissue heating. Several different catheters for PFA have been introduced to the market recently.
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Dahme et al. (2024) conducted a review in cardiac arrhythmia. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) vs. thermal ablation was evaluated. Pulsed field ablation offers advantages over thermal ablation for treating cardiac arrhythmia, including tissue selectivity and avoidance of collateral damage.
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