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Paulus Kirchhof

Researcher at University of Birmingham

Publications -  659
Citations -  119822

Paulus Kirchhof is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Atrial fibrillation & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 100, co-authored 558 publications receiving 106459 citations. Previous affiliations of Paulus Kirchhof include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & Georgetown University Medical Center.

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The established and the challenger: A direct comparison of current cryoballoon technologies for pulmonary vein isolation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the safety, efficacy and biophysical characteristics of a novel cryoablation system (POLARx™; Boston Scientific) to a commonly used and clinically well characterized system (Arctic Front Advance Pro™, AFA; Medtronic).
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Oral anticoagulation after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: caught in the attribution trap?

TL;DR: The indication for long-term anticoagulation should be based on clinical stroke risk factors thereafter, and Karasoy and colleagues have now reported on a cohort of 4050 patients who underwent a first catheter ablation for AF in Denmark from 2000 to 2011.
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Electrocardiographic markers of sudden cardiac death

TL;DR: The past decade has identified another potentially large population of patients at risk for SCD due to primary electrical diseases, who often suffer from monogenic genetic abnormalities and can often be identified by a careful analysis of the surface electrocardiogram (ECG).