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. 2024 Oct 3;26(10):euae251.
doi: 10.1093/europace/euae251.

Intravascular haemolysis and acute kidney injury following atrial fibrillation ablation: a report using two different systems for pulsed field ablation

Maarten A J De Smet  1 , Clara François  1 , Benjamin De Becker  1 , Rene Tavernier  1 , Jean-Benoît le Polain de Waroux  1 , Sébastien Knecht  1 , Mattias Duytschaever  1
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Intravascular haemolysis and acute kidney injury following atrial fibrillation ablation: a report using two different systems for pulsed field ablation

Maarten A J De Smet et al. Europace. .
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Keywords: Ablation; Acute kidney injury; Atrial fibrillation; Haemolysis; Pulsed field; Radiofrequency.

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(A) Pre- and 24 h post-ablation blood sample and urine analysis for RFA (n = 46 patients), variable loop PFA (n = 54 patients), and pentaspline PFA (n = 98 patients). For each graph: RFA is indicated on the left (black), variable loop PFA in the middle (red) and pentaspline PFA on the right (blue). PVI-only is indicated more transparently, while PVI-plus is indicated in full color. For clarity, only statistically significant P-values are shown on the graphs. (B) Parts of whole graphs indicating patients with and without AKI following RFA, variable loop PFA, and pentaspline PFA. AKI, acute kidney injury; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PFA, pulsed field ablation; RFA, radiofrequency ablation.
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