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. 2023 Nov;66(8):1929-1938.
doi: 10.1007/s10840-022-01445-0. Epub 2022 Dec 8.

Pulsed field ablation-based pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: practical approach and device interrogation (PFA in CIEDs)

Shaojie Chen  1   2 , Julian K R Chun  3   4 , Stefano Bordignon  3 , Shota Tohoku  3 , Lukas Urbanek  3 , David Schaack  3 , Ramin Ebrahimi  3 , Britta Schulte-Hahn  3 , Boris Schmidt  3
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Pulsed field ablation-based pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: practical approach and device interrogation (PFA in CIEDs)

Shaojie Chen et al. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2023 Nov.
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Conflict of interest statement

Drs. S Chen, J Chun and B Schmidt have been invited as consultants to Boston Scientific. The authors declare no competing interests and No financial relationship with regard to the content of the manuscript..

Figures

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Baseline fluoroscopic position of the cardiac device
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Transseptal puncture under guidance of fluoroscopy
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Angiography of pulmonary veins at baseline
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Exchange of steerable sheath into the left atrium using over-the-wire technique
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Pulsed field ablation approach of each pulmonary vein
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Electro gram and pacemaker recording during pulsed field ablation
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Pre/post-PFA interrogations of the devices
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Graphic summary (central illustration)
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