Biomarker response to balloon-in-basket pulsed field ablation: does posterior wall isolation matter?
BiB-PFA PVI provokes systemic responses involving inflammation, myocardial injury, and hemolysis. Adjunctive PWI increases application number but does not further increase biomarker release, supporting the biological safety of PWI.
Authors
- Roland Richard Tilz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0122-7130)
- Sascha Hatahet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3061-2249)
- Tanja Zeller
- Jan-Per Wenzel
- Charlotte Eitel
- Suzanne de Waha
- Karl-Heinz Kuck
- Sorin Popescu
Institutions
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2026.1733642
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00