Joud Fahed, Steve Liskov, Sean Gaine, Charles J Love, Konstantinos N Aronis
{"title":"Percutaneous Retrieval of an Epicardial ICD Lead Fragment.","authors":"Joud Fahed, Steve Liskov, Sean Gaine, Charles J Love, Konstantinos N Aronis","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Spoiler Alert\" for Atrial Entrainment: Early Circuit Detection Using Number Needed to Pace.","authors":"Souvik K Das, Robert D Anderson, Geoffrey Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melvyn Dezecot, Loig Durverge, Louis Rigal, Julien Bellec, Juan Cisneros, Sophie Lepage, Wissam Abi Khalil, Karim Benali, Antoine Simon, Renaud de Crevoisier, Raphaël P Martins
{"title":"Iatrogenic Ventricular Septal Defect: A Severe Structural Complication 2 Years After Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation.","authors":"Melvyn Dezecot, Loig Durverge, Louis Rigal, Julien Bellec, Juan Cisneros, Sophie Lepage, Wissam Abi Khalil, Karim Benali, Antoine Simon, Renaud de Crevoisier, Raphaël P Martins","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmad Keelani, Salome Tavkhelidze, Lucija Lisica, Martin H Ruwald, Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi, Obaida Alothman, Georgi Borisov, Markus Frommhold, Hytham Abdelwahab, Arne Johannesen, Morten Hansen, Rene Worck, Martin Haugdal, Santi Raffa, Jim Hansen, Dominik Linz, Ante Anic, J Christoph Geller
{"title":"Safety and Midterm Outcome of Focal Pulsed Field Ablation for Outflow Tract Premature Ventricular Contractions: A Prospective Multicenter Study.","authors":"Ahmad Keelani, Salome Tavkhelidze, Lucija Lisica, Martin H Ruwald, Sevasti-Maria Chaldoupi, Obaida Alothman, Georgi Borisov, Markus Frommhold, Hytham Abdelwahab, Arne Johannesen, Morten Hansen, Rene Worck, Martin Haugdal, Santi Raffa, Jim Hansen, Dominik Linz, Ante Anic, J Christoph Geller","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pulsed field ablation (PFA) may overcome key limitations of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) when treating premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) in anatomically complex regions (eg, left ventricular summit or intramural outflow tract [OT]). However, the safety and efficacy of PFA in OT PVCs remain to be determined.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study sought to assess the feasibility, safety, and midterm clinical outcomes of focal PFA for outflow tract PVCs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this prospective multicenter study, 80 patients with symptomatic OT PVCs underwent focal monopolar PFA using the CENTAURI generator at 4 European centers. Acute procedural outcome, complications, and mid-term efficacy were assessed. Follow-up at 3 and 6 months included 24-hour Holter electrocardiogram and clinical evaluation. Success was defined as >80% reduction in daily PVC burden off antiarrhythmic drugs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PVCs originated from the right ventricular OT (RVOT) in 61% of cases, with the remainder from the left ventricular OT (LVOT) and left ventricular summit. Acute procedural success was achieved in all. At a median follow-up of 8 months, clinical success was achieved in 88%, and PVC burden was significantly reduced from 21.4% (Q1-Q3: 11.9%-30.0%) before the procedure to 0.0% (Q1-Q3: 0.0%-2%) (P < 0.001) at follow-up. Success rates of ablation at the RVOT, endocardial LVOT, and left ventricular summit were 94%, 89%, and 72%, respectively. Among patients with prior failed RFA, 14 (93%) of 15 experienced no recurrence. One major (ischemic stroke; 1%) and 7 minor (9%) complications occurred. Nitroglycerin was given in 68 (85%) of 80 procedures. During ablation in the great cardiac vein/anterior interventricular vein, coronary vasospasm occurred in 2 (17%) of 12 patients, which resolved with additional nitroglycerin administration. Right bundle branch block occurred during RVOT ablation in 2 patients (1 transient, 1 permanent).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Focal PFA provides high acute success and acceptable mid-term efficacy for OT PVCs, with outcomes comparable to contemporary RFA for RVOT and endocardial LVOT sites. Efficacy was lower for left ventricular summit and intramural substrates. Repeat procedures after failed RFA showed particularly favorable results. Coronary vasospasm occurred when PFA was delivered within the great cardiac vein/anterior interventricular vein, suggesting that venous PFA should be considered only after endocardial and alternative mapping/ablation strategies have been exhausted.</p>","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual-Energy Lattice-Tip Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias: Early Signals, New Hazards, and the Standards We Still Need.","authors":"Toshihiro Nakamura, Harikrishna Tandri","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147771363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmad N M Alaswad, Zhong-Hui Zheng, Jia-Cheng Cai, Yi-Hao Wu, Yuan-Nan Lin, Jing Xu, Yue-Chun Li
{"title":"Early and Late Structural Fractures in the Left Atrial Appendage Disk Occluder.","authors":"Ahmad N M Alaswad, Zhong-Hui Zheng, Jia-Cheng Cai, Yi-Hao Wu, Yuan-Nan Lin, Jing Xu, Yue-Chun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147815135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashwin Bhaskaran, John Betts, James Lindemann, Haris Haqqani
{"title":"Modified Anterior Dispersive Reference Patch Position for Radiofrequency Ablation of Intramural Left Ventricular Summit Ectopy.","authors":"Ashwin Bhaskaran, John Betts, James Lindemann, Haris Haqqani","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147837870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}