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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 Cardiology2026

Effectiveness of AF pulsed field ablation with a variable-loop circular catheter: 12-month VARIPURE results.

Daniel Scherr, Francis Bessière, Mads Brix Kronborg, Frederic Sebag, Christian Sohns, Carlo Pappone, Pedro Adragão, Tom De Potter, Sing-Chien Yap, Massimo Grimaldi and 6 more

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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, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Artificial intelligence-intracardiac echocardiography-guided pulsed field ablation of atrial fibrillation with variable-loop circular catheter.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. Pulsed field atrial fibrillation ablation with variable loop circular catheter: outcomes from large US registry.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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Daniel ScherrDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5868-5493
Francis BessièreCardiac Arrhythmia Department, Institut de Cardiologie des Hospices Civils de Lyon-Bron, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3642-9795
Mads Brix KronborgDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1672-222X
Frederic SebagUnit of Cardiac Surgery and Department of Cardiology, Institute Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5164-3415
Christian SohnsDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0490-5862
Carlo PapponeArrhythmology Department, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0901-6135
Pedro AdragãoCardiology and Electrophysiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3729-3137
Tom De PotterAZORG, Cardiovascular Centre, Aalst, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1424-114X
Sing-Chien YapCardiology Department, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4520-2725
Massimo GrimaldiDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale Generale Regionale 'F. Miulli', Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9347-8884
Gian Battista ChierchiaHeart Rhythm Management Centre, Postgraduate Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, European Reference Networks Guard-Heart, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2967-1345
Mattias DuytschaeverDepartment of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8451-0013
Philipp SommerDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3037-8704
Sabine ErnstDivision of Cardiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1258-2477
Alexandre AlmoradHeart Rhythm Management Centre, Postgraduate Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, European Reference Networks Guard-Heart, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9743-1661
VARIPURE Investigators

Funding

Biosense Webster, Inc.Johnson & Johnson MedTech
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Atrial fibrillationEffectivenessPulsed field ablationVariable-loop circular catheterVARIPULSE

Identifiers

PMID41968105
PMCPMC13303075

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