Patient‐Reported Outcome Measures Following Pulsed‐Field Ablation Versus Thermal Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: The PROMs‐PFA Study
Mark T. Mills, Peter Calvert, Keith Wilson, Zoltan Borbas, Richard Snowdon, Saagar N. Mahida, Reza Ashrafi, Johan Waktare, Simon Modi, Derick Todd, Nathan Denham, Vishal Luther, Dhiraj Gupta · 2026
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Mills and colleagues asked patients how they actually felt after atrial fibrillation ablation in 2026, comparing a newer pulsed-field method with older heat and freezing methods. Patients answered a symptom questionnaire through a smartphone app on days 1, 7, 30, and 90, plus a quality-of-life survey at the start and at day 90. The study enrolled 202 patients, split among pulsed-field, radiofrequency heat, and cryoballoon freezing groups.
App engagement stayed high, with 94.7 percent of questionnaires completed across the five time points in the study. Quality-of-life scores improved for everyone, rising from a median of 64 to 86 by day 90, with no gap between the three methods. Early chest pain was where pulsed-field won, since moderate-to-severe pain on day one hit 12.3 percent of its patients against 26.2 percent for radiofrequency, though the gap closed by day 30.
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| CREATOR | Mark T. Mills, Peter Calvert, Keith Wilson, Zoltan Borbas, Richard Snowdon, Saagar N. Mahida, Reza Ashrafi, Johan Waktare, Simon Modi, Derick Todd, Nathan Denham, Vishal Luther, Dhiraj Gupta |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |