Electroporation: past and future of catheter ablation

Christopher V DeSimone, Suraj Kapa, Samuel J Asirvatham, Christopher V DeSimone, Suraj Kapa, Samuel J Asirvatham

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Keywords: Editorials; ablation techniques; arrhythmias, cardiac; catheter ablation; collateral circulation; electroporation.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: S. J. Asirvatham receives no significant honoraria and is a consultant with Abiomed, Atricure, Biosense Webster, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Spectranetics, St. Jude, Sanofi-Aventis, Wolters Kluwer, Elsevier. Dr. Asirvatham is a named inventor on a patent application covering the technology in this manuscript. Neither Mayo Foundation nor Dr. Asirvatham has received any compensation for the patent application to date but may do so in the future. All other authors have nothing to disclose.

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