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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2024

The use of Intracardiac Echocardiography in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.

Vasileios Sousonis, Dimitrios Asvestas, Emmanouil Vavouris, Stavros Karanikas, Elissavet Ypsilanti, Stylianos Tzeis

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Intracardiac Echocardiography during Invasive Electrophysiological Procedures: a Scientific Statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC, and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions of the ESC.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. Safety and efficacy of intracardiac echocardiography in atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis.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
    Pooled it
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  6. The use of cardiac imaging in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vasileios SousonisDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6 Erithrou Stavrou str., Marousi, Athens, 151 23, Greece.
Dimitrios AsvestasDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6 Erithrou Stavrou str., Marousi, Athens, 151 23, Greece.
Emmanouil VavourisDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6 Erithrou Stavrou str., Marousi, Athens, 151 23, Greece.
Stavros KaranikasDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6 Erithrou Stavrou str., Marousi, Athens, 151 23, Greece.
Elissavet YpsilantiDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6 Erithrou Stavrou str., Marousi, Athens, 151 23, Greece.
Stylianos TzeisDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6 Erithrou Stavrou str., Marousi, Athens, 151 23, Greece. stzeis@otenet.gr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of the reviewIntracardiac echocardiography (ICE) provides real-time, fluoroless imaging of cardiac structures, allowing optimal catheter positioning and energy delivery during ablation procedures. This review summarizes the use of ICE in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). RECENT

findingsGrowing evidence suggests that the use of ICE improves procedural safety and facilitates radiofrequency and cryoballoon AF ablation. ICE-guided catheter ablation is associated with reduced procedural duration and fluoroscopy use. Recent studies have examined the role of ICE in guiding novel ablation techniques, such as pulsed field ablation. Finally, the use of ICE allows for early detection and timely management of potentially serious procedural complications. Intracardiac echocardiography offers significant advantages during AF ablation procedures and its use should be encouraged to improve procedural safety and efficacy.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationEchocardiographyFluoroscopyHumansTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalAblationAtrial fibrillationICEIntracardiac echocardiographyTransseptal punctureZero fluoroscopy

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PMID38995505

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