Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Pulsed-field Ablation Induces Less Neurocardiac Damage Than Cryoballoon Ablation

Marc D Lemoine; Celine Mencke; Moritz Nies; Julius Obergassel; Katharina Scherschel; Hartwig Wieboldt; Ruben Schleberger; Ilaria My; Laura Rottner; Julia Moser; Shinwan Kany; Jan-Per Wenzel; Fabian Moser; Leon Dinshaw; Paula Münkler; Bruno Reissmann; Feifan Ouyang; Christian Meyer; Stefan Blankenberg; Tanja Zeller; Larissa Fabritz; Andreas Rillig; Andreas Metzner; Paulus Kirchhof

doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.122.011598

Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Pulsed-field Ablation Induces Less Neurocardiac Damage Than Cryoballoon Ablation

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2023 Apr;16(4):e011598. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.122.011598. Epub 2023 Mar 20.

Authors

Marc D Lemoine^{1

2}, Celine Mencke^{1

2}, Moritz Nies^{1

2}, Julius Obergassel^{1

2}, Katharina Scherschel^{3

4}, Hartwig Wieboldt^{1

5}, Ruben Schleberger^{1

2}, Ilaria My^{1

2}, Laura Rottner^{1

2}, Julia Moser, Shinwan Kany^{1

2}, Jan-Per Wenzel^{1

2}, Fabian Moser^{1

2}, Leon Dinshaw^{1

2}, Paula Münkler^{1

2}, Bruno Reissmann^{1

2}, Feifan Ouyang^{1

2}, Christian Meyer^{3

4}, Stefan Blankenberg¹, Tanja Zeller^{1

2

5}, Larissa Fabritz^{1

2

5}, Andreas Rillig^{1

2}, Andreas Metzner^{1

2}, Paulus Kirchhof^{1

2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (M.D.L., C. Mencke, M.N., J.O., H.W., R.S., I.M., L.R., S.K., J-P.W., F.M., L.D., P.M., B.R., F.O., S.B., T.Z., L.F., A.R., A.R., P.K).
² German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Germany (M.D.L., C.M., M.N., J.O., R.S., I.M., L.R., S.K., J-P.W., F.M., L.D., P.M., B.R., F.O., S.B., T.Z., L.F., A.R., A.R., P.K.).
³ Division of Cardiology/Angiology/Intensive Care, EVK Düsseldorf, cNEP, Cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Consortium, Düsseldorf, Germany (K.S., C. Meyer).
⁴ Institute for Neural and Sensory Physiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (K.S., C.Meyer).
⁵ University Center of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (H.W., T.Z., L.F.).
⁶ Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (P.K.).

PMID: 36938715
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.122.011598

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; cardiomyocytes; catheter ablation; irreversible electroporation therapy; pulmonary vein isolation.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Catheter Ablation* / adverse effects
Cryosurgery* / adverse effects
Humans
Pulmonary Veins* / surgery
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome

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