Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Beyond Pulmonary Vein Isolation: From Mechanisms to Advanced Mapping, Navigation and Robotics
A Special Issue of Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (ISSN 2308-3425) belonging to the section "Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2027 | Viewed by 52
Editors
Interests: robotic magnetic navigation; advanced cardiac mapping; dipole charge density mapping; source mapping; catheter ablation; atrial fibrillation; ventricular arrhythmias; non-contact mapping technologies
Interests: atrial fibrillation; atrial remodeling; advanced cardiac mapping; catheter ablation; ventricular arrhythmias; robotic magnetic navigation; dipole charge density mapping
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiac arrhythmias remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and continue to represent a significant clinical and socioeconomic burden. Catheter ablation has become a cornerstone therapy for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, offering effective rhythm control and improved quality of life for patients with both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. Rapid advances in mapping technologies, imaging integration, energy delivery systems, and artificial intelligence–assisted approaches continue to expand the safety, efficacy, and clinical applicability of ablation procedures.
This Special Issue aims to provide an updated overview of current advances, emerging technologies, and future perspectives in the field of catheter-based arrhythmia management. The topic is closely aligned with the scope of JCDD by addressing translational and clinical aspects of cardiovascular disease, electrophysiology, and innovative therapeutic strategies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical studies are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Atrial fibrillation ablation;
- Ventricular tachycardia ablation;
- Supraventricular tachycardia ablation;
- Pulsed field ablation;
- Electroanatomical mapping technologies;
- Intracardiac and multimodality imaging;
- Substrate characterization and modification;
- Artificial intelligence and computational modeling in electrophysiology;
- Complications and safety of catheter ablation;
- Long-term outcomes and rhythm monitoring;
- Personalized approaches in arrhythmia management;
- Novel energy sources and future directions in ablation therapy.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Tamás Szili-Török
Guest Editor
Dr. Ioan Alexandru Minciună
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- catheter ablation
- cardiac arrhythmias
- atrial fibrillation
- ventricular tachycardia
- electrophysiology
- pulsed-field ablation
- electroanatomical mapping
- supraventricular tachycardia
- robotic magnetic navigation
- atrial remodeling
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