A meta analysis of pulmonary vein isolation compared with additional ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation
Muhammad M. Saleem, Muhammad Mudassar, Ajit Brar, Aleena Usman, Gurparvesh Goraya, Sameen B. Butt, Sohail Sodhi, Soumiya Ravi, Keerat Bains, Vijyawant Brar · 2025
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Muhammad M Saleem and co-authors weigh whether extra burning helps when doctors ablate a fibrillating heart. The standard fix, pulmonary vein isolation, seals the veins that trigger atrial fibrillation. Yet the rhythm often returns, so some teams add lines of burns, seal the back wall, or chase stray signals. Trial results for those extras have swung both ways.
The review gathers only randomized trials that pit isolation alone against isolation plus extras, or against other strategies. Patients had either the persistent or the paroxysmal form of the disease. A random-effects pooling then compares freedom from the rhythm across strategies, with subgroups for each add-on type. The authors aim to tell operators which extras, if any, earn their burns.
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| CREATOR | Muhammad M. Saleem, Muhammad Mudassar, Ajit Brar, Aleena Usman, Gurparvesh Goraya, Sameen B. Butt, Sohail Sodhi, Soumiya Ravi, Keerat Bains, Vijyawant Brar |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |