Alexander Breitenstein - Publications

Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Pulsed Field Ablation With vs Without Posterior Wall Isolation in Patients With Symptomatic Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The PIFPAF-PFA Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal: JAMA

Published: August 29, 2026

Pulsed-Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with an Extended Protocol: the Extended PFA Dose Study.

Journal: 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

Published: April 17, 2026

2026 HRS/AHA/APHRS/EHRA/IDSA/LAHRS/PACES/STS expert consensus statement update on cardiovascular implantable electronic device lead management and extraction.

Journal: Heart rhythm

Published: April 13, 2026

2026 HRS/AHA/APHRS/EHRA/IDSA/LAHRS/PACES/STS expert consensus statement update on cardiovascular implantable electronic device lead management and extraction.

Journal: Heart rhythm

Published: April 13, 2026

Alert tone perceptibility and MRI-associated dysfunction in S-ICDs: A prospective multicenter study.

Journal: Heart rhythm

Published: March 05, 2026

Same-day discharge after electrophysiological and cardiac implantable electronic device procedures: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP) of the ESC.

Journal: 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

Published: February 19, 2026

Integration of PRAETORIAN Score, defibrillation testing and follow-up outcomes for the assessment of conversion failure in patients with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator: Results from the iSUSI registry.

Journal: Heart rhythm

Published: January 25, 2026

Transvenous leadless pacemaker extraction: When, who, where, and how?

Journal: Kardiologia polska

Published: January 19, 2026

Removal of tine-based leadless pacemakers: insights from a large multicentre experience.

Journal: 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

Published: January 06, 2026

Electromagnetic interference during epicardial ablation in a patient with an extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: a case report.

Journal: European heart journal. Case reports

Published: December 11, 2025

Concomitant use of the novel extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator with an epicardial pacemaker.

Journal: HeartRhythm case reports

Published: December 03, 2025

General anesthesia vs deep sedation in patients receiving subcutaneous implantable defibrillator implantation: A propensity-matched analysis from the i-SUSI project.

Journal: Heart rhythm

Published: November 25, 2025