ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiac Rhythmology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1631253
Pulsed Field Ablation for ventricular arrhythmias with pentaspline catheter
Provisionally accepted
Anna Padisak
Nándor Szegedi
Edit Tanai
Zoltán SallóKlaudia Vivien NagyPéter Perge
Márton Boga
Gábor OrbánPatrik Tóth
Ferenc KomlosiBéla Merkely
László Gellér*- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Catheter ablation using pulsed-field energy may penetrate deeper into scarred tissue than thermal energies; however, evidence regarding its role in treating ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) is limited. In this prospective study, we report our current experience on pulsed field ablation (PFA) with pentaspline catheter for the treatment of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) originating from the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and scar-related ventricular tachycardias (VTs).Consecutive VA patients who underwent PFA with Farapulse system were enrolled. Seven patients underwent ablation for idiopathic RVOT PVCs, and five patients with structural heart disease underwent ablation for scar-related VTs. The recurrence of arrhythmias was assessed by 24-hour Holter electrocardiography monitoring or implantable cardioverter defibrillator interrogation.Twelve patients were enrolled, age 51±9 years, nine were men, four had previously failed radiofrequency ablation. Procedural and fluoroscopy times were 53 (41-105) minutes and 8 (4-20) minutes, respectively. The median number of PFA applications was 20±13 in the VT group and 8 (7-8) in the PVC group. Acute procedural success was achieved in 92% (CI 62-100%) of patients. During a mean follow-up of 100 (97-140) days, freedom from VT was 80% (CI 28-99%), and a PVC burden <1% was achieved in 71% (CI 29-96%) of patients.The ablation of idiopathic RVOT PVCs and scar-related VTs with the pentaspline PFA catheter is feasible, with good acute and mid-term efficacy observed in our cohort. Further research involving larger cohorts and longer follow-up periods is needed to analyze the safety and define the role of PFA in VAs.
Keywords: Catheter Ablation, pulsed field ablation, pentaspline catheter, Premature ventricular contraction, ventricular tachycardia, Right ventricular outflow tract
Received: 19 May 2025; Accepted: 20 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Padisak, Szegedi, Tanai, Salló, Nagy, Perge, Boga, Orbán, Tóth, Komlosi, Merkely and Gellér. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: László Gellér, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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