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• NURSE-Led Care in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: The NURSECAT-AF Randomized Trial

  Cano-Valls, Alba; Martinez Monblan, Maria Antonia; Carro-Fernandez, Esther; Niebla, Mireia; Domingo, Rebeca;

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  Guichard, Jean-Baptiste; Althoff, Till F; Roca-Luque, Ivo; Mont, Lluis; Guasch, Eduard.

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  Reference:

  Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2026.

• Clinical Response to Resynchronization Therapy Conduction System Pacing vs Biventricular Pacing: The CONSYST-CRT Trial

  Pujol-Lopez, Margarida; Graterol, Freddy R; Borras, Roger; Garcia-Ribas, Cora; Guichard, J Baptiste;

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  Roca-Luque, Ivo; Doltra, Adelina; Guasch, Eduard; Tolosana, Jose M; Mont, Lluis.

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  Reference:

  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology 2025.

• Education of healthcare professionals to improve guideline adherence in atrial fibrillation: the STEEER-AF cluster-randomized clinical trial

  Kotecha, Dipak; Bunting, Karina V; Mehta, Samir; Sommer, Philipp; Sterlinski, Maciej;

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  van Deutekom, Colinda; Gale, Chris P; De Potter, Tom J R; van Gelder, Isabelle C; Allali, Yann.

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  Reference:

  NATURE MEDICINE 2025.

• Postablation Arrhythmogenic Channels Predict Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence: Iatrogenic Substrate Revisited

  Regany-Closa, Mariona; Pomes, Josep; Arbelo, Elena; Guichard, Jean-Baptiste; Porta-Sanchez, Andreu;

  Guasch, Eduard; Brugada, Josep; Roca-Luque, Ivo; Mont, Lluis; Althoff, Till F.

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  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology 2025.

• A Modular Communicative Leadless Pacing-Defibrillator System

  Knops, RE; Lloyd, MS; Roberts, PR; Wright, DJ; Boersma, LVA;

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  Brisben, AJ; Weinstock, J; Stein, KM; Reddy, VY; Mont, L.

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  Reference:

  NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2024.

• Regional conduction velocities determined by noninvasive mapping are associated with arrhythmia-free survival after atrial fibrillation ablation

  Invers-Rubio, E; Hernandez-Romero, I; Reventos-Presmanes, J; Ferro, E; Guichard, JB;

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  Guillem, MS; Roca-Luque, I; Climent, AM; Mont, L; Althoff, TF.

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  Reference:

  HEART RHYTHM 2024.

• Same-day discharge after atrial fibrillation ablation under a nurse-coordinated standardized protocol

  Espinosa, T; Farrus, A; Venturas, M; Cano, A; Vazquez-Calvo, S;

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  Brugada, J; Sitges, M; Mont, L; Roca-Luque, I; Althoff, TF.

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  Reference:

  EUROPACE 2024.

• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Response Is Equalized in Men and Women by Electrical Optimization: PR Matters

  Pujol-Lopez, Margarida; Maria Tolosana, Jose; Guasch, Eduard; Trucco, Emilce; Jimenez-Arjona, Rafael;

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  Alarcon, Francisco; Angeles Castel, Maria; Sitges, Marta; Varma, Niraj; Mont, Lluis.

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  Reference:

  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology 2021.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Fibrosis Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: The ALICIA Trial

  Bisbal, Felipe; Benito, Eva; Teis, Albert; Alarcon, Francisco; Sarrias, Axel;

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  Bazan, Victor; Maria Tolosana, Jose; Arbelo, Elena; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Mont, Lluis.

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  Reference:

  Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2020.

• Catheter ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drug treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial (SARA study)

  Mont, Lluis; Bisbal, Felipe; Hernandez-Madrid, Antonio; Perez-Castellano, Nicasio; Vinolas, Xavier;

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  Avila, Pablo; Lopez-Gil, Maria; Castro, Victor; Ignacio Arana, Jose; Brugada, Josep.

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  Reference:

  EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 2014.