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{"title":"Quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance standardized signal intensity comparison in dilated cardiomyopathy vs. cardiac sarcoidosis.","authors":"Ting-Wei Ernie Liao, Lingyu Xu, Mirmilad Pourmousavi Khoshknab, Paul J Mather, Paco E Bravo, Benoit Desjardins, Saman Nazarian","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02042-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02042-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) manifest unique late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) patterns on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), indicative of different myocardial scar distributions. However, the overlap in these patterns due to their lack of specificity complicates differentiation. This study introduces a novel quantitative method employing z-score analysis of LGE-CMR intensity to objectively compare the spatial distribution of LGE intensity between DCM and CS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included 22 NICM patients (13 DCM, 9 CS) who underwent CMR before electrophysiology study from November 2018 to May 2023. LGE images were delineated into sub-endocardial, mid-myocardial, and sub-epicardial layers across anterior, lateral, inferior, and septal walls using the AHA 17-segment model. CMR signal intensities were standardized to z-scores (z = (x - μ)/σ), with x as the signal intensity for a specific myocardial segment, and μ and σ as the mean and SD for all LV myocardial segments, to map regional intensity variations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to DCM, CS patients exhibited significantly higher CMR signal intensity z-scores in the septum (β = 0.32, p = 0.009), particularly in the endocardial third of the right ventricular (RV) side (β = 0.56, p = 0.001). A z-score greater than 0.40 in this area was associated with a CS diagnosis, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.692 in fivefold cross-validation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with CS exhibit higher affinity for contrast in the septum, particularly on the RV endocardium. Standardized analysis of CMR signal intensities provides a novel, quantitative method for distinguishing CS from DCM, with the former exhibiting higher CMR signal intensity z-scores in the septum.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1593-1604"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12476308/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144040100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence of pacing-induced cardiomyopathy: left bundle branch area pacing versus leadless pacing.","authors":"Maya Chopra, Ji-Cheng Hsieh, William Mueller, Eric D Braunstein, Stuart Beldner, Raman L Mitra, Laurence M Epstein, Jonathan Willner, James K Gabriels","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02048-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02048-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patients with chronic right ventricular (RV) pacing are at risk for developing pacing-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM). Data regarding the incidence of PICM when pacing the RV septum using a leadless pacemaker (LP) are limited. Left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) has emerged as a viable alternative to RV pacing with a low incidence of PICM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All patients who received either a LP capable of providing atrioventricular (AV) synchronous pacing or a permanent pacemaker (PPM) with a LBBAP lead (lumenless or stylet-driven leads) for AV block between January 2021 and January 2023 at a single center were screened. Patients were included in the final analysis if they had both a pre- and post-operative transthoracic echocardiogram, pre- and post-operative electrocardiograms, and a pacing burden of ≥ 20%. The incidence of PICM, defined as a decrease in the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by ≥ 20% and to a value < 50% after a follow-up of at least six months, was compared between LBBAP and LP groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over the study period, 533 PPMs were implanted for AV block. Of these, 95 patients met the inclusion criteria; 70 underwent LBBAP and 25 received LPs. The average age of the population was 75 ± 13 years; 64 (63%) were men. There was no difference in the mean pre-operative LVEF (57% ± 16% vs. 61% ± 10%; p = 0.25) or QRS duration (123 ± 33ms vs. 130 ± 29ms) between the LBBAP and LP groups. There was a high burden of ventricular pacing in both groups (90% ± 19% vs. 92% ± 13%; p = 0.52). After a follow-up of 14 ± 8 months, the incidence of PICM was significantly lower in the LBBAP group compared to the LP group (4.3% vs. 24%; p = 0.0039).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients who are not candidates for cardiac resynchronization, who require a high burden of ventricular pacing, LBBAP may lead to a lower incidence of PICM than right ventricular septal pacing with a LP.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1585-1592"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143986008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integration of automated peak frequency annotation with voltage mapping for identifying ventricular tachycardia ablation sites.","authors":"Sukriye Ebru Onder, Tumer Erdem Guler, Serdar Bozyel, Metin Cagdas, Sadiye Nur Dalgic, Abdulcebbar Sipal, Samet Gecer, Emre Kılıc, Pasquale Santangeli, Tolga Aksu","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02045-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02045-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Peak frequency (PF) analysis has emerged as a novel tool for identifying arrhythmogenic substrates in ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation, particularly when combined with traditional substrate mapping techniques such as voltage mapping and Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM). This study evaluates the utility of PF analysis in scarred myocardial regions, with a focus on areas containing manually annotated late potentials (LPs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Electroanatomical mapping using the EnSite X™ system was performed in 20 patients undergoing VT ablation. PF analysis was applied to scarred regions with voltages < 1.5 mV, with and without LPs, to identify zones of high-frequency activity. PF zones (PFZs) were compared to voltage maps and ILAM to assess spatial correlation with deceleration zones (DZs) and their role in defining ablation targets.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Peak frequency distributions differed significantly across myocardium conditions (H = 254.92, p < 0.0001). The median peak frequency was 120.0 Hz (77.3-179.0 Hz) in normal voltage myocardium, 145.0 Hz (100.0-194.3 Hz) in low-voltage myocardium without LPs, and 291.0 Hz (190.3-380.3 Hz) in low-voltage myocardium with LPs. Pairwise comparisons showed significant differences: normal voltage vs. low voltage without LPs (U = 46,455.0; p = 0.0019), normal voltage vs. low voltage with LPs (U = 20,935.5; p < 0.0001), and low voltage without LPs vs. low voltage with LPs (U = 19,548.0; p < 0.0001). PFZs exhibited strong colocalization with DZs identified via ILAM, with > 50% spatial overlap in most cases. The automated peak frequency annotation algorithm demonstrated high reproducibility, significantly reducing operator dependency compared to manual annotation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PF analysis provides a robust and reproducible method for identifying arrhythmogenic substrates in VT ablation. When integrated with voltage mapping and ILAM, it facilitates precise localization of critical ablation targets, particularly in regions with LPs. These findings highlight the potential of PF analysis to enhance the efficacy of substrate-based ablation strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1573-1583"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143970048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Retrograde coronary venous ethanol infusion for ablation of a LVOT TAVR-related ventricular tachycardia.","authors":"Agustín Bortone, Caroline Hébert, Victor-Xavier Tadros, Walid Ghodhbane, Eric Maupas","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02062-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02062-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1553-1554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of catheter ablation on atrial fibrillation outcomes in various cardiomyopathies: findings from LGE-MRI quantified atrial fibrosis analysis.","authors":"Ahmad Kassar, Nadia Chamoun, Romanos Haykal, Yaacoub Chahine, Hala Al Yasiri, Tori Hensley, David Owens, Nazem Akoum","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02027-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02027-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiomyopathy (CM) is associated with atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation (AF), often complicating rhythm management. Ventricular dysfunction contributes to AF through pressure and volume overload, while AF worsens ventricular function via tachycardia and irregular activation. Evidence suggests catheter ablation improves outcomes in CM patients, though success is influenced by the extent of atrial and ventricular remodeling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients undergoing their first catheter ablation for AF were divided into hypertrophic (HCM), ischemic (ICM), non-ischemic (NICM), and no-CM groups. Pre-ablation late-gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic imaging (LGE-MRI) was used to assess left atrial (LA) fibrosis burden and anatomical distribution. Patients were followed prospectively for arrhythmia recurrence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 552 patients, 39 HCM (69% obstructive), 39 ICM, 115 with NICM, and 359 without CM were included between January 2015 and December 2022. LA fibrosis was significantly higher in patients with CM (19.1 ± 7.5% vs. 16.5 ± 6.9%; P = 0.01). HCM and ICM had the greatest LA fibrosis among the different CM subtypes (21.3 ± 8.7% and 21.9 ± 9.1%, respectively). There was no significant difference in the regional distribution of fibrosis among the various groups. AF recurrence was observed in 321 (58.2%) after 456 (175-1204) days. Multivariate analysis revealed that compared to no CM, HCM was associated with a three-fold increase in AF recurrence (HR = 3.07, 95% CI 2.06-4.58, P < 0.001), followed by ICM (HR 1.61, 95%, CI 0.95-2.72; P = 0.07) and NICM (HR of 1.53, 95% CI 1.14-2.06; P = 0.05). LA fibrosis and volume index were independently associated with recurrence (HR = 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.06, P = 0.01 and HR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.03, P = 0.01). Genetic testing revealed key distinctions between HCM and NICM, with MYBPC3 and MYH7 as prominent genes in HCM and a heterogeneous genetic basis in NICM.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is associated with the highest risk of AF recurrence followed by ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy after catheter ablation. LA fibrosis regional patterns did not differ between cardiomyopathy types, while overall fibrosis and volume predicted recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1455-1464"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143582273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deep learning-based insights on T:R ratio behaviour during prolonged screening for S-ICD eligibility.","authors":"Mohamed ElRefai, Mohamed Abouelasaad, Benedict M Wiles, Anthony J Dunn, Stefano Coniglio, Alain B Zemkoho, Paul R Roberts","doi":"10.1007/s10840-022-01245-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-022-01245-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A major predictor of eligibility of subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillators (S-ICD) is the T:R ratio. The eligibility cut-off of the T:R ratio incorporates a safety margin to accommodate for fluctuations of ECG signal amplitudes. We introduce a deep learning-based tool that accurately measures the degree of T:R ratio fluctuations and explore its role in S-ICD screening.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients were fitted with Holters for 24 h to record their S-ICD vectors. Our tool was used to assess the T:R ratio over the duration of the recordings. Multiple T:R ratio cut-off values were applied, identifying patients at high risk of T-wave oversensing (TWO) at each of the proposed values. The purpose of our study is to identify the ratio that recognises patients at high risk of TWO while not inappropriately excluding true S-ICD candidates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-seven patients (age 54.5 + / - 21.3 years, 64.8% male) were recruited. Fourteen patients had heart-failure, 7 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 7 had normal hearts, 6 had congenital heart disease, and 3 had prior inappropriate S-ICD shocks due to TWO. 54% of patients passed the screening at a T: R of 1:3. All patients passed the screening at a T: R of 1:1. The only subgroup to wholly pass the screening utilising all the proposed ratios are the participants with normal hearts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We propose adopting prolonged screening to select patients eligible for S-ICD with low probability of TWO and inappropriate shocks. The appropriate T:R ratio likely lies between 1:3 and 1:1. Further studies are required to identify the optimal screening thresholds.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":"1 1","pages":"1387-1397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436566/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46740939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acute outcomes and learning curve from the initial patients treated with the PulseSelect system: a real-world multicenter experience of pulsed field ablation.","authors":"Giulio Molon, Stefano Nardi, Gianfranco Mitacchione, Antonio Dello Russo, Danilo Ricciardi, Roberto Mantovan, Luca Bontempi, Alessandro Costa, Luigi Argenziano, Edoardo Casali, Vincenzo Turco, Giuseppe Boriani","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02036-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02036-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Catheter ablation is a cornerstone in managing patients with symptomatic, drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF), and while effective, traditional thermal ablation techniques are associated with rare but significant complications due to a non-selective thermal energy transfer to all biologic tissues. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) offers a non-thermal approach, targeting myocardial tissue selectively while sparing adjacent structures. The PulseSelect system is a novel PFA platform, and this analysis examines the procedural outcomes, acute complications, and the learning curve associated with introduction of the PulseSelect system in six European centers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The One Shot to Pulmonary Vein Isolation (1STOP) project prospectively included 131 patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF treated with the PulseSelect system across six centers. Procedural data, patient characteristics, and acute outcomes were summarized. Additionally, sedation protocols, fluoroscopic times, and acute success rates were reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients (mean age 61.7 ± 9.7 years; 31.3% female) had predominantly paroxysmal AF (80.9%). Median procedural and fluoroscopy times were 55.0 and 16.0 min, respectively. General anesthesia was used in 75.5% of cases, while in the remaining 24.5% moderate sedation protocols allowed procedures (even in 15.1% without an anesthesiologist). Acute PVI success was 100%, and no major complications were observed. A short learning curve was noted, with significant reductions in procedural times after the initial 2-3 cases at each center.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PulseSelect system showed short procedural times, with a rapid learning curve, thus leading with high procedural efficiency. In 1 out of 4 cases general anesthesia was not applied, and no major complications were observed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1475-1485"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143780379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in octogenarians.","authors":"Nikola Kozhuharov, Nabeela Karim, Antonio Creta, Lisa W M Leung, Rick Veasey, Armin Osmanagic, Anna Kefala, Mike Pope, Apostolos Vouliotis, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, Pierre Jaïs, Claire Martin, Christian Sticherling, Matthew Ginks, Waqas Ullah, Richard Balasubramaniam, Manish Kalla, Mark M Gallagher, Ross J Hunter, Tom Wong, Dhiraj Gupta","doi":"10.1007/s10840-024-01879-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-024-01879-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Catheter ablation is superior to pharmacological therapy in controlling atrial fibrillation (AF). There are few data on the long-term outcome of AF ablation in octogenarian patients. This analysis aims to evaluate the outcome of AF ablation in octogenarians vs. younger patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this retrospective study in 13 centres in the UK, France, and Switzerland, the long-term outcomes of 473 consecutive octogenarian patients undergoing ablation for AF were compared to 473 matched younger controls (median age 81.3 [80.0, 83.0] vs. 64.4 [56.5, 70.7] years, 54.3% vs. 35.1% females; p-value for both < 0.001). The primary endpoint was the recurrence of atrial arrhythmia after a blanking period of 90 days within 365 days of follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Acute ablation success as defined as isolation of all pulmonary veins was achieved in 97% of octogenarians. Octogenarians experienced more procedural complications (11.4% vs 7.0%, p = 0.018). The median follow-up time was 281 [106, 365] days vs. 354 [220, 365] days for octogenarians vs. non-octogenarians (p < 0.001). Among octogenarians, 27.7% (131 patients) experienced a recurrence of atrial arrhythmia, in contrast to 23.5% (111 patients) in the younger group (odds ratio 1.49; 95% confidence interval 1.16-1.92; p = 0.002). In a multivariable regression model including gender, previous AF ablation, vascular disease, chronic kidney disease, CHA2DS2-VASc score, left atrial dilatation, and indwelling cardiac implantable electronic device, age above 80 remained an independent predictor of recurrence of arrhythmia.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Ablation for AF is effective in octogenarians, but is associated with slightly higher procedural complication rate and recurrence of atrial arrhythmia than in younger patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1513-1522"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141975841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ablation catheter with high-density mapping system in patients with atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Ruggero Maggio","doi":"10.1007/s10840-024-01954-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-024-01954-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1375-1376"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436472/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consumer-grade wearable devices in arrhythmia diagnostics for clinicians: where we are and where we are going.","authors":"Eric Rytkin, Irina Zotova, Rod Passman, Andrey Ardashev, Gregory Trachiotis, Igor Efimov, Bradley P Knight","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-01994-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-01994-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atrial arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF), are a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Early detection and effective management are critical to mitigating adverse outcomes such as stroke, heart failure, and overall mortality. Wearable devices have emerged as promising tools for monitoring, detecting, and managing atrial arrhythmias near-continuously. This comprehensive analysis explores these wearable technologies' current role and capabilities for clinicians' daily practice. Despite challenges related to data accuracy, privacy, patient compliance, and integration with healthcare systems, ongoing advancements hold significant promise for the future. Continued research and development are essential to fully realize the potential of wearables in improving clinical outcomes for patients with atrial arrhythmias.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1531-1541"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143039594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}