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ReviewJournal of atrial fibrillation

Comparison of the Efficacy of PVAC

Avishag Laish-Farkash, Mahmoud Suleiman

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Review in Journal of atrial fibrillation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Comparative efficacy and safety of catheter ablation interventions for atrial fibrillation: comprehensive network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Avishag Laish-FarkashElectrophysiology and Pacing Unit, Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Mahmoud SuleimanElectrophysiology and Pacing Unit, Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has become the mainstay of therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) and one of the most frequently performed procedures in the cardiac electrophysiology laboratory. PVI by a single-tip radiofrequency (RF) ablation catheter remains a complex and time-consuming procedure, especially in centers with limited experience. In order to simplify the PVI procedure, to shorten it and reduce the complication rate, circular multi-electrode catheters were introduced for simultaneous mapping and ablation. The common concept of these "single-shot" AF ablation technologies is the creation of circular lesions for PVI by placing the ablation device at the antrum of the pulmonary veins without the need for continuous repositioning. In this review we describe the main features of two circular non-balloon ablation catheters- PVAC

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atrial fibrillationcircular ablation cathetersnMARQPVAC

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PMID29250292
PMCPMC5673342
OpenAlexW2771714820

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