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ArticleHeartRhythm case reports2023

Pulsed field ablation using a focal contact force catheter allowed successful ablation of a focal right atrial tachycardia in the proximity of the phrenic nerve.

Thomas Phlips, Laurens Verhaeghe, Nathalie Antole, Pieter Koopman, Johan Vijgen

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Article in HeartRhythm case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Focal monopolar pulsed field ablation for focal right atrial tachycardia: feasibility and safety from a single-centre experience.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  2. Focal pulsed field ablation for atrial tachycardia near the phrenic nerve: a two-case experience.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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  6. Contemporary catheter ablation of complex atrial tachycardias after prior atrial fibrillation ablation: pulsed field vs. radiofrequency current energy ablation guided by high-density mapping.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024
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  9. Focal pulsed field ablation and ultrahigh-density mapping - versatile tools for all atrial arrhythmias? Initial procedural experiences.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas PhlipsDivision of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospitals, Hasselt, Belgium.
Laurens VerhaegheDivision of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospitals, Hasselt, Belgium.
Nathalie AntoleDivision of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospitals, Hasselt, Belgium.
Pieter KoopmanDivision of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospitals, Hasselt, Belgium.
Johan VijgenDivision of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospitals, Hasselt, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AblationAtrial tachycardiaContact forceFocalPulsed field energy

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PMID37492053
PMCPMC10363427

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