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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 Cardiology2025

Pulsed field ablation preserves left atrial volume compared to radiofrequency in persistent atrial fibrillation ablation beyond pulmonary veins.

Wael Zaher, Mehdi Abdelali, Matteo Fortuna, Nathan Marimpouy, Jean-Paul Albenque, Christelle Cardin, Nicolas Combes, Stephane Combes, Quentin Voglimacci-Stephanopoli, Serge Boveda

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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, 2025. 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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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. 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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10 authors.

Wael ZaherHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0537-9262
Mehdi AbdelaliHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0009-0009-7996-1405
Matteo FortunaHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0009-0001-7947-5724
Nathan MarimpouyHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.
Jean-Paul AlbenqueHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3308-6077
Christelle CardinHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.
Nicolas CombesHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5238-7791
Stephane CombesHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0040-676X
Quentin Voglimacci-StephanopoliHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.
Serge BovedaHeart Rhythm Department, Clinique Pasteur, 45 avenue de Lombez, BP 27617, Toulouse Cedex 3 31076, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1280-7042

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Abstract

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Indexed as

Atrial fibrillationCatheter ablationLeft atrial functionLeft atrial volumePulsed field ablationRadiofrequency

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PMID40971763
PMCPMC12480212

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