Implementation and first outcomes of a novel standard operating procedure for preprocedural transoesophageal echocardiography screening in course of atrial arrhythmia ablation.
Sebastian DittrichFehmi KeceCornelia BillerJan-Hendrik van den BruckKarlo FilipovicJonas WörmannSusanne ErlhöferFriederike PavelJan-Hendrik SchipperArian SultanJakob LükerDaniel StevenPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
The number of preprocedural screening TEEs before AF ablation procedures can be safely reduced by applying risk stratification based on rhythm at admission and CHA2DS2-VASc-Score, if anticoagulation was performed properly.