Description
Christopher C. Cheung, MD, MPH, of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, is joined by guests Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS, of University of California, San Francisco, and Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD, FHRS, of Brigham and Women's Hospital to discuss the benefits and risks associated with pulsed field ablation and conventional thermal ablation in the content of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the risks and mitigations of purlsed field ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
- Evaluate the risks and mitigations of conventional thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
- Compare the effectiveness of purlsed field ablation to conventional thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Article Authors and Podcast Contributors
Article Authors
Vivek Y. Reddy, M.D., Edward P. Gerstenfeld, M.D., Andrea Natale, M.D., William Whang, M.D., Frank A. Cuoco, M.D., Chinmay Patel, M.D., Stavros E. Mountantonakis, M.D., Douglas N. Gibson, M.D., John D. Harding, M.D., Christopher R. Ellis, M.D., Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, M.D., David B. DeLurgio, M.D., Jose Osorio, M.D., Anitha B. Achyutha, M.Tech., M.S.E., Christopher W. Schneider, M.Eng., Andrew S. Mugglin, Ph.D., Elizabeth M. Albrecht, Ph.D., Kenneth M. Stein, M.D., John W. Lehmann, M.D., M.P.H., and Moussa Mansour, M.D., for the ADVENT Investigators*
Podcast Contributors
Christopher C. Cheung, MD, MPH, of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS, of University of California, San Francisco
Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD, FHRS, of Brigham and Women's Hospital
Disclosures
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.Host Disclosure(s):
C. Cheung: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Contributor Disclosure(s):
E. Gerstenfeld: Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Biosense Webster, Abbott, Thermedica; Other Non-Financial Relationships: Farapulse, Abbott Medical, Adaigo Medical, Boston Scientific
P. Zei: Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Abbott, Biosense Webster Inc., Varian Medical Systems; Research (Contracted Grants for PIs Named Investigators Only): Daiichi, Biosense Webster Inc.; Stock Options (Publicly Traded): Affera, Inc.
Staff Disclosure(s) (note: HRS staff are NOT in control of educational content. Disclosures are provided solely for full transparency to the learner):
J. Glenn: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
S. Sailor: No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.