Comparison of treatment outcomes between convergent procedure and catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation evaluated with implantable loop recorder monitoring

Improving procedural and one-year outcome after contact force-guided pulmonary vein isolation: the role of interlesion distance, ablation index, and contact force variability in the ‘CLOSE’-protocol

(2018) Thomas Phlips et al.   EUROPACE

The pulmonary vein meets the left atrium: The where and why of pulmonary vein isolation

(2018) Samuel J. Asirvatham et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Results of the first investigator-initiated randomized clinical trial of nMARQTM, PVACTM, and thoracoscopic ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

(2017) Conn Sugihara et al.   EUROPACE

Ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation using a second-generation cryoballoon catheter or contact-force sensing radiofrequency ablation catheter: A comparison of costs and long-term clinical outcomes

(2017) Miki Yokokawa et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

How to perform posterior wall isolation in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

(2017) Hariharan Sugumar et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Long-Term Success for the Convergent Atrial Fibrillation Procedure: 4-Year Outcomes

(2016) Borut Geršak et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Impact of Complete Versus Incomplete Circumferential Lines Around the Pulmonary Veins During Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2016) Karl-Heinz Kuck et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Five-year efficacy of pulmonary vein antrum isolation as a primary ablation strategy for atrial fibrillation: a single-centre cohort study

(2016) Cas Teunissen et al.   EUROPACE

2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

(2016) Paulus Kirchhof et al.   EUROPACE

Performance of a new atrial fibrillation detection algorithm in a miniaturized insertable cardiac monitor: Results from the Reveal LINQ Usability Study

(2016) Prashanthan Sanders et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Comparison between radiofrequency with contact force-sensing and second-generation cryoballoon for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: a multicentre European evaluation

(2015) F. Squara et al.   EUROPACE

Thoracoscopic surgical ablation versus catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

(2015) Kevin Phan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Age, Atrial Fibrillation, and Structural Heart Disease Are the Main Determinants of Left Atrial Fibrosis Detected by Delayed-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a General Cardiology Population

(2015) HUBERT COCHET et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

MRI Assessment of Ablation-Induced Scarring in Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis from the DECAAF Study

(2015) NAZEM AKOUM et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

The Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Pilot Study: an European Survey on Methodology and results of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation conducted by the European Heart Rhythm Association

(2014) Elena Arbelo et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Pulmonary vein isolation using “contact force” ablation: The effect on dormant conduction and long-term freedom from recurrent atrial fibrillation—A prospective study

(2014) Jason G. Andrade et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Very long-term outcome after initially successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2014) Jonathan S. Steinberg et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Radiofrequency Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drugs as First-Line Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (RAAFT-2)

(2014) Carlos A. Morillo et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Association of Atrial Tissue Fibrosis Identified by Delayed Enhancement MRI and Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation

(2014) Nassir F. Marrouche et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Paroxysmal AF Catheter Ablation With a Contact Force Sensing Catheter

(2014) Andrea Natale et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Assessing Arrhythmia Burden After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using an Implantable Loop Recorder: The ABACUS Study

(2013) SURAJ KAPA et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

European experience of the convergent atrial fibrillation procedure: Multicenter outcomes in consecutive patients

(2013) Borut Geršak et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Low Rate of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence Verified by Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring Following a Convergent Epicardial and Endocardial Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) BORUT GERSAK et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Versus Surgical Ablation Treatment (FAST)

(2011) Lucas V.A. Boersma et al.   CIRCULATION

Randomized Ablation Strategies for the Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Sanjay Dixit et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Performance of a New Leadless Implantable Cardiac Monitor in Detecting and Quantifying Atrial Fibrillation Results of the XPECT Trial

(2010) Gerhard Hindricks et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Atrial Fibrosis Helps Select the Appropriate Patient and Strategy in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A DE-MRI Guided Approach

(2010) NAZEM AKOUM et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Does catheter ablation cure atrial fibrillation? Single-procedure outcome of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation ablation: a 6-year multicentre experience

(2009) E. Bertaglia et al.   EUROPACE

The role of chronic atrial stretch and atrial fibrillation on posterior left atrial wall conduction

(2009) Kurt C. Roberts-Thomson et al.   HEART RHYTHM