Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42495079›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2026

Fluoroless ablation of right-sided supraventricular tachycardia: a step-by-step approach and retrospective case series.

David Altmann, Dorian Garin, Etienne Delacrétaz, Stéphane Cook, Mario Togni, Hari Vivekanantham

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

6 authors.

David AltmannDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Dorian GarinDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Etienne DelacrétazDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Stéphane CookDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Mario TogniDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Hari VivekananthamDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluoroscopy has long been indispensable in electrophysiology procedures. However, the detrimental long-term effects of x-rays on both patients and healthcare workers are well documented. Moreover, the routine wearing of lead aprons is associated with orthopedic complications in the long term. The emergence of new technologies, such as electroanatomic mapping systems and intracardiac echocardiography, has significantly reduced the need for fluoroscopy, thereby alleviating these concerns. This article describes our step-by-step approach to fluoroless catheter ablation of right-sided supraventricular tachycardia and evaluates its implementation in clinical practice through a retrospective case series. Between May 2024 and April 2025, 86 consecutive patients underwent ablation using this strategy. The findings support existing evidence that zero-fluoroscopy interventions are feasible, efficient and safe.

Indexed as

catheter ablationelectroanatomical mappingfluoroless ablationsupraventricular tachycardiathree-dimensional imagingzero-fluoroscopy

Identifiers

PMID42495079
PMCPMC13391961

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.