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ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2024

Focal point-by-point biphasic monopolar pulsed field ablation for posterior wall isolation.

Florent Farnir, Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi, Frédéric Farnir, Ulrich Schotten, Kevin Vernooy, Justin Luermans, Dominik Linz

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Article in 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. 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
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Controversy: pulsed field ablation is the standard technique for all the candidates for atrial fibrillation ablation.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 · 2025
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  2. A new basket player on the court: pulsed field ablation with a balloon-in-basket system for atrial fibrillation.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 · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Florent FarnirDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0007-1485-8664
Sevasti-Maria ChaldoupiDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3938-6193
Frédéric FarnirDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3430-9930
Ulrich SchottenDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1532-3315
Kevin VernooyDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8818-5964
Justin LuermansDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9598-2286
Dominik LinzDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4893-0824
Maastricht University Medical Centre · NLUniversity of Liège · BEUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationPulmonary VeinsHeart AtriaHumansRecurrenceTreatment OutcomeAtrial fibrillationFirst-pass isolationFocal ablationPosterior wall isolationPulsed field ablation

Identifiers

PMID38517287
PMCPMC11017520
OpenAlexW4393070180

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Registered trials

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