Practice Improvement Oral Abstract Session Featuring Highest Scoring Abstract in Practice Improvement Category-Practice Improvement Oral Abstract Session Featuring Highest Scoring Abstract in Practice Improvement Category

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This oral presentation session at the Heart Rhythm 2025 meeting in San Diego featured a series of engaging topics with substantial contributions from various presenters. Dr. Helena Lopez Martinez kicked off discussing the regulatory challenges and price impact related to ethanol ablation in cardiac arrhythmias. Her findings highlighted the unjustified high costs of ablisinol, the first FDA-approved ethanol, compared to alternatives, underlining how regulatory incentives can lead to financial exploitation without clinical benefits.<br /><br />Dr. Mark Gallagher from London presented a cost comparison between pulse field ablation and RF ablation with esophageal thermal controls, concluding that despite pulse field's efficiency, its higher costs aren't balanced by shorter procedure times.<br /><br />Jessica Parker from the University of Kansas shared insights on improving patient compliance with automated text messaging for remote monitoring of cardiac devices, significantly enhancing patient engagement and increasing reimbursement.<br /><br />Dr. Marcus Sickle addressed the high false positive alert rates of Confirm RX compared to Reveal Link, emphasizing the importance of considering follow-up costs in device selection.<br /><br />Finally, Dr. Jared Bunch's award-winning study examined atrial fibrillation (AF) care pathways. He highlighted significant disparities in referral and treatment, noting that EP involvement improved guidelines adherence, reduced emergency visits, and decreased stroke incidence, particularly in high-risk elderly patients. This underlined the importance of early intervention and comprehensive care pathways in managing AF to improve patient outcomes.

Keywords

Heart Rhythm 2025

ethanol ablation

cardiac arrhythmias

ablisinol costs

pulse field ablation

patient compliance

remote monitoring

false positive alerts

atrial fibrillation care

early intervention