Real-world data demonstrates that atrial fibrillation ablation is safely performed primarily for guideline-supported indications, predominantly utilizing contact force-guided radiofrequency ablation.
More than 98% of AF ablations among participating sites are performed for class I or class IIA indications. Contact force-guided radiofrequency ablation is the dominant technique and pulmonary vein isolation the principal lesion set. In-hospital complications are uncommon and rarely life-threatening.
Loring et al. (Fri,) studied this question.