Benjamin Schäffer

TL;DR: A stepwise approach aimed at AF termination does not seem to provide additional benefit over PVI alone in patients with persistent AF, but it is associated with significantly longer procedural and fluoroscopic duration as well as radiofrequency application time.

TL;DR: Catheter ablation of persistent AF using the stepwise approach provides limited long-term freedom of arrhythmias often requiring multiple procedures, but AF termination is associated with consecutive atrial tachycardia procedures.

TL;DR: Great methodological care has to be taken before equating detected PS with rotating waves and using PS detection algorithms to guide catheter ablation of AF, as the number of detected rotors critically depends upon the parameters of the detection algorithm.

TL;DR: Feasibility of an ultra high‐density 3‐D mapping approach to characterize the ventricular substrate and, if possible, to map VT is evaluated.

TL;DR: Sedation using propofol can be safely performed for VT ablation under the supervision of cardiologists, especially in elderly patients and during lengthy procedures, which carrying a higher risk for systolic blood pressure decline.