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. 2020 Mar 15;11(3):4018–4029. doi: 10.19102/icrm.2020.110305

Table 2:

Studies Including AF Patients in Whom Near-zero- or Zero-fluoroscopy Catheter Ablation Was Performed

Study No. of Fluoroless Patient(s) Arrhythmia Type(s) Imaging Modality Procedural Time Fluoroscopy Time for Study Group Follow-up Success Rate(s) Complication Rate(s)
Percell et al.9 72 AF EAM, ICE 210.38 min 0.1 min 68% at 3 months 5%
Bulava et al.17 40 AF EAM, ICE 92.5 ± 22.9 min 8 s, 97.5% zero fluoroscopy 85% at 12 months 0%
Yamada et al.18 15 AF EAM, CT, MediGuide™ NA NA 82% at 12.2 ± 4.5 months 0%
Rolf et al.46 80 AF EAM, MediGuide™, fluoroscopy 167 ± 47 min 4.6 min NA 4% minor
Sommer et al.47 1000 AF EAM, MediGuide™, fluoroscopy 120 min 0.9 min NA 2%
Reddy et al.49 20 AF EAM, ICE, fluoroscopy 244 ± 75 min 244 ± 75 min 90% at 6.1 ± 2.2 months 0%
Lyan et al.50 245 AF EAM, ICE, fluoroscopy 108.8 ± 18.2 min 35, 44, and 107 s, 98.8% zero fluoroscopy 73.5% at 15.2 ± 4.1 months 1.2% cardiac tamponade in the no-fluorocopy group
Ferguson et al.51 22 AF EAM, ICE, fluoroscopy 208 min 2–16 min, 86.3% zero fluoroscopy 76% at 7 months 0%
O’Brien et al.53 69 AF EAM, TEE, fluoroscopy 124.04 ± 45.41 min 54% (development phase) vs. 93.3% (implementation phase) zero fluoroscopy NA 4.3%
Liu et al.54 200 AF EAM, ICE 106.2 ± 23.2 min 100% zero fluoroscopy 76% at 11 months 1%

AF: atrial fibrillation, CT: computed tomography, EAM: electroanatomic mapping, ICE: intracardiac echocardiography, NA: not applicable, TEE: transesophageal echocardiography.