• Initial rhythm control with cryoballoon ablation vs drug therapy: Impact on quality of life and symptoms 

      Pavlovic, Nikola; Chierchia, Gian-Battista; Velagic, Vedran; Hermida, Jean Sylvain; Healey, Stewart; Arena, Giuseppe; Badenco, Nicolas; Meyer, Christian; Chen, Jian; Iacopino, Saverio; Anselme, Frédéric; Dekker, Lukas; Scazzuso, Fernando; Packer, Douglas L.; de Asmundis, Carlo; Pitschner, Heinz-Friedrich; Piazza, Fabio Di; Kaplon, Rachelle E.; Kuniss, Malte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Cryoballoon ablation (CBA) as a first-line rhythm control strategy is superior to antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) for preventing atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence; the impact of first-line CBA on quality of life ...
    • A worldwide survey on incidence, management, and prognosis of oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: The POTTER-AF study 

      Tilz, Roland Richard; Schmidt, Vanessa; Pürerfellner, Helmut; Maury, Philippe; Julian Chun, Chun; Martinek, Martin; Sohns, Christian; Schmidt, Boris; Mandel, Franck; Gandjbakhch, Estelle; Laredo, Mikael; Gunawardene, Melanie Anuscha; Willems, Stephan; Beiert, Thomas; Borlich, Martin; Iden, Leon; Füting, Anna; Spittler, Raphael; Gaspar, Thomas; Richter, Sergio; Schade, Anja; Kuniss, Malte; Neumann, Thomas; Francke, Alexander; Wunderlich, Carsten; Shin, Dong-In; Meininghaus, Dirk Grosse; Foresti, Mike; Bonsels, Marc; Reek, David; Wiegand, Uwe; Bauer, Alexander; Metzner, Andreas; Eckardt, Lars; Popescu, Sorin Stefan; Krahnefeld, Olaf; Sticherling, Christian; Kühne, Michael; Nguyen, Dinh Quang; Roten, Laurent; Saguner, Ardan M; Linz, Dominik; Van Der Voort, Pepijn; Mulder, Bart A; Vijgen, Johan; Almorad, Alexandre; Guenancia, Charles; Fauchier, Laurent; Boveda, Serge; Greef, Y. De; Da Costa, Antoine; Jais, Pierre; Derval, Nicolas; Milhem, Antoine; Jesel, Laurence; Garcia, Rodrigue; Poty, Hervé; Khoueiry, Ziad; Seitz, Julien; Laborderie, Julien; Mechulan, Alexis; Brigadeau, Francois; Zhao, Alexandre; Saludas, Yannick; Piot, Olivier; Ahluwalia, Nikhil; Martin, Claire; Chen, Jian; Antolic, Bor; Leventopoulos, Georgios; Özcan, Emin Evren; Yorgun, Hikmet; Cay, Serkan; Yalin, Kivanc; Botros, Maichel Sobhy; Mahmoud, Ahmed Taher; Jȩdrzejczyk-Patej, Ewa; Inaba, Osamu; Okumura, Ken; Ejima, Koichiro; Khakpour, Houman; Boyle, Noel; Catanzaro, John N; Reddy, Vivek; Mohanty, Sanghamitra; Natale, Andrea; Blessberger, Hermann; Yang, Bing; Stevens, Irene; Sommer, Philipp; Veltmann, Christian; Steven, Daniel; Vogler, Julia; Kuck, Karl-Heinz; Merino, José Luis; Keelani, Ahmad; Heeger, Christian-H (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Aims Oesophageal fistula represents a rare but dreadful complication of atrial fibrillation catheter ablation. Data on its incidence, management, and outcome are sparse. Methods and results This international multicentre ...