Which patients are we interested in studying?

Any patient who has had a sudden or unexplained death within 30 days of a pulse field ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (using any PFA technology).

Any patient who experienced a malignant arrhythmia (including cardiac arrest) or delayed coronary spasm within 30 days of a pulse field ablation procedure and survived.

If you are unsure if a patient should be included, please err on the side of having a quick conversation with us to ascertain inclusion

What information are we interested in gathering?

  • Patient demographics

  • Medical and medication history

  • Procedure/anesthesia details

  • Peri-procedural imaging (e.g. TTE, TEE, ICE, CT, coronary angiogram, MRI, PET)

  • All rhythm monitoring (e.g. ECGs, Holters, telemetry, CIED [ICM, PPM, ICD])

  • Details of sudden death

  • Autopsy