Alyesh Daniel, Palmeri Nicholas, Sundaram Sri
South Denver Cardiology, 1000 South Park Drive, Littleton, CO, 80120, USA.
J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2025 Aug 16. doi: 10.1007/s10840-025-02103-x.
The era of pulsed field ablation (PFA) has yielded considerable improvements in procedural safety for atrial fibrillation. However, given the fixed size and depth of the electrical field in first generation PFA modalities, ablation of substrates beyond the pulmonary veins with heterogeneity of tissue thickness can be challenging. Sequential PFA and radiofrequency (RF) from a focal tip catheter may offer an advantage in these challenging substrates with potential to deliver safe and deeper lesions. In our report, we describe the first in human experience of sequential colocalized PFA and RF lesions with a 3.5-mm investigational dual energy catheter.
脉冲场消融(PFA)时代已在房颤的手术安全性方面取得了显著改善。然而,鉴于第一代PFA模式中电场的大小和深度固定,对肺静脉以外具有组织厚度异质性的基质进行消融可能具有挑战性。来自聚焦尖端导管的序贯PFA和射频(RF)可能在这些具有挑战性的基质中具有优势,有潜力提供安全且更深的损伤。在我们的报告中,我们描述了使用3.5毫米研究性双能量导管进行序贯共定位PFA和RF损伤的首例人体经验。