Does pulsed field ablation allow safe and durable pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation?
Patients with atrial fibrillation (including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation)
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) for pulmonary vein isolation (using IOWA Approach or FARAPULSE Endocardial Ablation Systems)
Safety and feasibility (pulmonary vein isolation durability and chronic safety)safety
First-in-human trials demonstrate that pulsed field ablation is a feasible, safe, and ultra-rapid method for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation.
In first-in-human trials, PFA preferentially affected myocardial tissue, allowing facile ultra-rapid PV isolation with excellent durability and chronic safety. (IMPULSE: A Safety and Feasibility Study of the IOWA Approach Endocardial Ablation System to Treat Atrial Fibrillation; NCT03700385; and PEFCAT: A Safety and Feasibility Study of the FARAPULSE Endocardial Ablation System to Treat Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation; NCT03714178).
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Vivek Y. Reddy
Petr Neužil
Jacob S. Koruth
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Université de Bordeaux
Na Homolce Hospital
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Reddy et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56f7e75589c71d767d92d — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.04.021
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