Early arrhythmia recurrence during the blanking period after pulsed-field ablation for atrial fibrillation
Fabian Jordan, Corinne Isenegger, Bedran Peker, Jonas Brügger, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, Nicolas Schaerli, Gian Völlmin, Reto Stump, David Spreen, Felix Mahfoud, Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne, Patrick Badertscher · 2026
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Description
Fabian Jordan and colleagues asked whether early rhythm returns after pulsed-field ablation predict later returns. Doctors usually ignore rhythm returns in the first three months, the blanking period, but pulsed-field ablation causes little inflammation, so early returns may matter more. Their single-centre study followed 241 first-time ablation patients for at least 12 months.
Early returns hit 20 percent of patients, split evenly between month one and months two to three. Later returns were far more common after any early return, with month-two-to-three returns carrying about six times the risk and month-one returns about three and a half times. The authors suggest shortening the blanking period for this ablation type, while urging attention to returns late in the blanking period.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fabian Jordan, Corinne Isenegger, Bedran Peker, Jonas Brügger, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, Nicolas Schaerli, Gian Völlmin, Reto Stump, David Spreen, Felix Mahfoud, Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne, Patrick Badertscher |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |