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EHRA 25: The SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION Trial
Author(s): Tobias Reichlin Added: 1 month ago
EHRA 2025 - SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION finds PFA with the FARAPULSE PFA System noninferior to cryoballoon ablation with the Arctic Front Cryoballoon.Prof Tobias Reichlin (University of Bern, Bern, CH) joins us on-site at EHRA Congress 2025 to discuss the investigator-initiated, multicenter, randomized SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION trial (NCT05534581; Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern) with blinded… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
ESC 23: The COMPARE-CRYO Trial
Author(s): Tobias Reichlin Added: 1 year ago
ESC 2023 — Dr Tobias Reichlin (Inselspital, University of Bern, CH) joins us on-site at ESC 2023 to discuss the findings of the COMPARE-CRYO Trial (NCT04704986). The COMPARE-CRYO trial (Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern) aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of the PolarX Cryoballoon (Boston Scientific) with the Arctic Front Cryoballoon (Medtronic) in patients with symptomatic… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
ACC.24: The Embo-Abl Study
Author(s): Kengo Kusano Added: 1 year ago
ACC.24 — We are joined by Dr Kengo Kusano (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, JP) to discuss the findings from the Embo-Abl Study.Embo-Abl is a multicenter prospective randomized study which aims to compare the incidence of periprocedural cerebral embolisms caused by catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) between cryoballoon and radiofrequency ablation. 230 patients with AF from… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
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Annemiek Janssen is a nurse and Dr Jonas De Jong is an electrophysiologist at OLVG Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Dr De Jong and Annemiek have a particularly very efficient Cryoballoon ablation workflow, with limited staff support, and consistently short lab occupancy times. The team is also rigorous with outcome data collection and recently began implementing cryoballoon ablation day case… View more
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Annemiek Janssen is a nurse and Dr Jonas De Jong is an electrophysiologist at OLVG Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Dr De Jong and Annemiek have a particularly very efficient Cryoballoon ablation workflow, with limited staff support, and consistently short lab occupancy times. The team is also rigorous with outcome data collection and recently began implementing cryoballoon ablation day case… View more
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Dr Alexandre Ouss is an electrophysiologist at Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, NL. Dr Ouss played an instrumental role in identifying and implementing efforts to optimise the Cryoballoon ablation workflow and to support the adoption of a day case approach at Catharina Hospital. Today, the Catharina Hospital team has consistently short lab occupancy times per Cryoballoon procedure and a very… View more
Aaisha Opel
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Dr Aaisha Opel is a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Opel is the primary author for the Cryoballoon day case study. You can click here to learn about findings from the study. View more
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Dr Patrick Heck is a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist and Clinical Lead for Cardiac Rhythm Management at the Royal Papworth Hospital. Dr Heck has extensive experience with cryoballoon ablation day case and was involved in a recently published AF ablation day case study. View more
EHRA Congress 2025 Releases its Four Late-Breaking Scientific Sessions
Added: 2 months ago Source:  EHRA Congress 2025
Access our full coverage of EHRA Congress 2025 here.The European Heart Rhythm Association announces four late-breaking sessions of featured clinical science to be presented during their next annual congress.EHRA 2025 will take place from 30th March to 1st April at Messe Wien in Vienna.Access the full programme here.Late-Breaking Science: Cardiac Implantable Electrical DevicesSunday 30th March, 13… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Consultant and Professor of Cardiology
Personal History Professor Ross Jacob Hunter was born in 1977 in the UK. He is a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in arrhythmia management and the clinical lead for AF services at The Barts Heart Centre.3 Academic History Prof Hunter earned his BSc in Cardiovascular Medicine from Imperial College London in 1998. In 2001, he was awarded an MBBS with a distinction from Guy’s Kings … View more