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Badertscher, Patrick, Knecht, Sven, Rosso, Raphael, Krisai, Philipp, Spreen, David, Katic, Josip, Du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2025). How to perform pulmonary vein isolation using a pentaspline pulsed field ablation system for treatment of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm, 22(1), 69–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.06.058

du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Knecht, Sven, Reichlin, Tobias, Krisai, Philipp, Mannhart, Diego, Serban, Teodor, Roten, Laurent, Arnet, Rebecca, Isenegger, Corinne, Minder, Judith, Jordan, Fabian, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2025). Novel vs established cryoballoon ablation system for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Rhythm O2, 6, 21–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2024.10.022

Piotr Futyma, Arian Sultan, Lukasz Zarebski, Guram Imnadze, Vera Maslova, Stefano Bordignon, Maria Kousta, Sven Knecht, Nikola Pavlovic, Petr Peichl, Evgeny Lian, Thomas Kueffer, Daniel Scherr, Michael Pfeffer, Pawel Moskal, Cismaru Gabriel, Bor Antolic, Pawel Walek, Shaojie Chen, et al. (2024). Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of refractory ventricular arrhythmias: Results from a multicentre network. Europace, 26(10). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae248

Badertscher, Patrick, Mannhart, Diego, Weidlich, Simon, Krisai, Philipp, Voellmin, Gian, Osswald, Stefan, Knecht, Sven, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2024). Left atrial posterior wall isolation using pulsed-field ablation: procedural characteristics, safety, and mid-term outcomes. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 67(6), 1359–1364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01728-0

Jordan, Fabian, Knecht, Sven, Isenegger, Corinne, Arnet, Rebecca, Krisai, Philipp, Völlmin, Gian, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Spreen, David, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Acute kidney injury after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Comparison between different energy sources. Heart Rhythm, 21(8), 1248–1249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.04.046

du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Badertscher, Patrick, Ghannam, Michael, Oral, Hakan, Jongnarangsin, Krit, Boveda, Serge, Madeira, Marta, Gupta, Dhiraj, Ding, Wern Yew, Providencia, Rui, MacLean, Edward, Tokuda, Michifumi, Tokutake, Kenichi, Reichlin, Tobias, Zhang, Fengxiang, Scherr, Daniel, Popa, Miruna A., Huang, Henry, Pavlović, Nikola, et al. (2024). Severe Periprocedural Complications After Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: An International Collaborative Individual Patient Data Registry. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 10(7), 1353–1364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.024

Isenegger, Corinne, Arnet, Rebecca, Jordan, Fabian, Salis, Marc, Knecht, Sven, Krisai, Philipp, Völlmin, Gian, Spreen, David, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Incidence of acute pericarditis after pulsed-field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation [Journal-article]. Europace, 26(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae180

Maurhofer, Jens, Kueffer, Thomas, Knecht, Sven, Thalmann, Gregor, Badertscher, Patrick, Kozhuharov, Nikola, Krisai, Philipp, Jufer, Corinne, Iqbal, Salik ur Rehman, Heg, Dik, Servatius, Helge, Tanner, Hildegard, Kühne, Michael, Roten, Laurent, Sticherling, Christian, & Reichlin, Tobias. (2024). Comparison of Cryoballoon vs. Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients with Symptomatic Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Heart Rhythm O2, 5(7), 460–467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2024.05.008

Reichlin, Tobias, Kueffer, Thomas, Knecht, Sven, Madaffari, Antonio, Badertscher, Patrick, Maurhofer, Jens, Krisai, Philipp, Jufer, Corinne, Asatryan, Babken, Heg, Dik, Servatius, Helge, Tanner, Hildegard, Kühne, Michael, Roten, Laurent, & Sticherling, Christian. (2024). PolarX vs Arctic Front for Cryoballoon Ablation of Paroxysmal AF: The Randomized COMPARE CRYO Study. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 10(7), 1367–1376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.021

Stauffer, Niklas, Knecht, Sven, Badertscher, Patrick, Krisai, Philipp, Hennings, Elisa, Serban, Teodor, Voellmin, Gian, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2024). Repeat catheter ablation after very late recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation. Europace, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae096

Badertscher, Patrick, Serban, Teodor, Isenegger, Corinne, Krisai, Philipp, Voellmin, Gian, Osswald, Stefan, Knecht, Sven, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2024). Role of 3D electro-anatomical mapping on procedural characteristics and outcomes in pulsed-field ablation for atrial fibrillation. Europace, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae075

Papa, Andrea, Serban, Teodor, Strebel, Ivo, Knecht, Sven, Isenegger, Corinne, Nestelberger, Thomas, Kaiser, Christoph, Leibundgut, Gregor, Haaf, Philipp, Schaer, Beat, Krisai, Philipp, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Impact of implantation depth and calcium burden on infranodal conduction delay after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Heart Rhythm O2, 5(2), 113–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2023.12.003

Weidlich, Simon, Mannhart, Diego, Kennedy, Alan, Doggart, Peter, Serban, Teodor, Knecht, Sven, Du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Reducing the burden of inconclusive smart device single-lead ECG tracings via a novel artificial intelligence algorithm. Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal, 5(1), 29–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvdhj.2023.12.003

Badertscher, Patrick, Isenegger, Corinne, Arnet, Rebecca, Jordan, Fabian, Knecht, Sven, Krisai, Philipp, Völlmin, Gian, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Katic, Josip, Spreen, David, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2024). Pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation with a novel simplified protocol: The PFA dose study. Heart Rhythm. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.11.031

Badertscher P, & Knecht S. (2024). Pedal to the metal: is vHPSD RF ablation now reaching its full potential? (Patent No. 1). 67(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01599-5

Isenegger, Corinne, Mannhart, Diego, Arnet, Rebecca, Jordan, Fabian, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Krisai, Philipp, Knecht, Sven, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Accuracy of Smartwatches for Atrial Fibrillation Detection Over Time: Insights From the Basel Wearable Study [Journal-article]. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 10, 2735–2737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.09.019

Jordan, Fabian, Knecht, Sven, Isenegger, Corinne, Arnet, Rebecca, Schaerli, Nicolas, Krisai, Philipp, Spreen, David, Mahfoud, Felix, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Procedural characteristics, safety, and clinical outcomes of pulsed-field ablation for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with a left common pulmonary vein. Heart Rhythm. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.10.041

Kozhuharov, Nikola, Karim, Nabeela, Creta, Antonio, Leung, Lisa W. M., Veasey, Rick, Osmanagic, Armin, Kefala, Anna, Pope, Mike, Vouliotis, Apostolos, Knecht, Sven, Krisai, Philipp, Jaïs, Pierre, Martin, Claire, Sticherling, Christian, Ginks, Matthew, Ullah, Waqas, Balasubramaniam, Richard, Kalla, Manish, Gallagher, Mark M., et al. (2024). Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in octogenarians. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-024-01879-8

Minder, Judith, Mannhart, Diego, Brunner, Sarah, Di Bari, Gianluca, Knecht, Sven, Krisai, Philipp, Nestelberger, Thomas, Boeddinghaus, Jasper, Leibundgut, Gregor, Kaiser, Christoph, Mueller, Christian, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Impact of new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-024-01941-5

Schlageter, Vincent, Luca, Adrian, Badertscher, Patrick, Krisai, Philipp, Kueffer, Thomas, Spreen, David, Katic, Josip, Osswald, Stefan, Schaer, Beat, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Knecht, Sven. (2024). Effect of electrode size and distance to tissue on unipolar and bipolar voltage electrograms and their implications for a near-field cutoff [Journal-article]. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78627-5

Serban, Teodor, Hennings, Elisa, Strebel, Ivo, Knecht, Sven, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Krisai, Philipp, Arnet, Rebecca, Völlmin, Gian, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2024). Biomarkers to predict improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction after atrial fibrillation ablation. Heart Rhythm, 21, 1581–1588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.04.044

Badertscher, P., Weidlich, S., Knecht, S., Stauffer, N., Krisai, P., Voellmin, G., Osswald, S., Sticherling, C., & Kühne, M. (2023). Efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein isolation with pulsed field ablation vs. novel cryoballoon ablation system for atrial fibrillation. Europace, 25(12). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad329

Saguner AM, Lunk D, Mohsen M, Knecht S, Akdis D, Costa S, Gasperetti A, Duru F, Rossi VA, & Brunckhorst CB. (2023). Electroanatomical voltage mapping with contact force sensing for diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Cardiology, 392, 131289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.131289

Maurhofer, Jens, Kueffer, Thomas, Knecht, Sven, Madaffari, Antonio, Badertscher, Patrick, Seiler, Jens, Krisai, Philipp, Jufer, Corinne, Asatryan, Babken, Heg, Dik, Servatius, Helge, Tanner, Hildegard, Kühne, Michael, Roten, Laurent, Sticherling, Christian, & Reichlin, Tobias. (2023). Comparison of the PolarX and the Arctic Front cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (COMPARE CRYO) – Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107341

Serban, Teodor, Mannhart, Diego, Abid, Qurrat-Ul-Ain, Höchli, Andres, Lazar, Sorin, Krisai, Philipp, Bettelini, Arianna Sofia, Knecht, Sven, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, Du Fay De Lavallaz, Jeanne, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Durability of pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: A meta-Analysis and systematic review. Europace, 25(11). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad335

Bourquin, Luc, Küffer, Thomas, Asatryan, Babken, Badertscher, Patrick, Baldinger, Samuel H., Knecht, Sven, Seiler, Jens, Spies, Florian, Servatius, Helge, Kühne, Michael, Noti, Fabian, Osswald, Stefan, Haeberlin, Andreas, Tanner, Hildegard, Roten, Laurent, Reichlin, Tobias, & Sticherling, Christian. (2023). Validation of a clinical model for predicting left versus right ventricular outflow tract origin of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias. PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 46(10), 1186–1196. https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.14809

Badertscher, Patrick, Weidlich, Simon, Serban, Teodor, Krisai, Philipp, Voellmin, Gian, Osswald, Stefan, Knecht, Sven, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Kühne, Michael. (2023). Pulsed-field ablation versus single-catheter high-power short-duration radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: Procedural characteristics, myocardial injury, and mid-term outcomes. Heart Rhythm, 20(9), 1277–1278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.05.007

Weidlich, Simon, Mannhart, Diego, Serban, Teodor, Krisai, Philipp, Knecht, Sven, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Müller, Tatjana, Schaer, Beat, Osswald, Stefan, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Accuracy in detecting atrial fibrillation in single-lead ECGs: an online survey comparing the influence of clinical expertise and smart devices. Swiss Medical Weekly, 153(9). https://doi.org/10.57187/smw.2023.40096

Badertscher, Patrick, Weidlich, Simon, Stauffer, Niklas, Krisai, Philipp, Voellmin, Gian, Osswald, Stefan, Knecht, Sven, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2023). Impact of a standardized pacing protocol on end point verification and first pass isolation using a multipolar pulsed-field ablation catheter for pulmonary vein isolation. Heart Rhythm, 20(8), 1208–1209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.05.026

de Lavallaz JDF, Mézier J, Mertz L, Mannhart D, Serban T, Knecht S, Abid QU, Nguyen TT, Kühne M, Sticherling C, Huang H, Gold MR, & Badertscher P. (2023). Risk factors for the development of premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Patent No. 5). 66(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01421-8

Knecht, Sven, Waldmann, Frédéric, Kuhn, Raffael, Mannhart, Diego, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, Badertscher, Patrick, & Wildhaber, Reto A. (2023). Technical Characterization of Single-Lead ECG Signals From 4 Different Smartwatches and its Potential Clinical Implications. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 9(8), 1415–1417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2023.03.004

Serban, Teodor, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Mannhart, Diego, Pfister, Otmar, van der Stouwe, Jan Gerrit, Kaufmann, Beat A., Knecht, Sven, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Echocardiographic pattern of left ventricular function recovery in tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy patients. ESC Heart Failure, 10(4), 2386–2394. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14365

Serban, Teodor, Serban, Teodor, Knecht, Sven, Mannhart, Diego, Nestelberger, Thomas, Kaiser, Christoph, Leibundgut, Gregor, Bischof, Maurice Antoine, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Sex-specific Differences in Infranodal Conduction Properties in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 16(4), 968–970. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-023-10366-w

Hennings, Elisa, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Coslovsky, Michael, Paladini, Rebecca E., Meyre, Pascal B., Voellmin, Gian, Blum, Livia, Kastner, Peter, Ziegler, André, Conen, David, Zuern, Christine S., Krisai, Philipp, Badertscher, Patrick, Sticherling, Christian, Osswald, Stefan, Knecht, Sven, & Kühne, Michael. (2023). Association of bone morphogenetic protein 10 and recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation. Europace, 25(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad149

Serban, Teodor, Serban, Teodor, Knecht, Sven, du Lavallaz, Jeanne du Fay, Nestelberger, Thomas, Kaiser, Christoph, Leibundgut, Gregor, Osswald, Stefan, Schaer, Beat, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Ventricular pacing burden in patients with left bundle branch block after transcatheter aortic valve replacement therapy. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 34(6), 1464–1468. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.15920

Knecht, Sven, Schlageter, Vincent, Badertscher, Patrick, Krisai, Philipp, Jousset, Florian, Küffer, Thomas, Madaffari, Antonio, Schaer, Beat, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2023). Atrial substrate characterization based on bipolar voltage electrograms acquired with multipolar, focal and mini-electrode catheters. Europace, 25(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad127

Mannhart, Diego, Lefebvre, Baptiste, Gardella, Christophe, Henry, Christine, Serban, Teodor, Knecht, Sven, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Clinical validation of an artificial intelligence algorithm offering cross-platform detection of atrial fibrillation using smart device electrocardiograms. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases, 116(5), 249–257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acvd.2023.04.003

Badertscher, Patrick, Badertscher, Patrick, Mäder, Nina, Serban, Teodor, Nestelberger, Thomas, Leibundgut, Gregor, Kaiser, Christoph, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Knecht, Sven, Kühne, Michael, & Kühne, Michael. (2023). Incidence of infranodal conduction delay in patients with left bundle branch block after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Impact of the 2021 ESC guidelines for cardiac pacing. Heart Rhythm, 20(4), 646–647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.01.019

Hennings, Elisa, Coslovsky, Michael, Paladini, Rebecca E., Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Knecht, Sven, Schlageter, Vincent, Krisai, Philipp, Badertscher, Patrick, Sticherling, Christian, Osswald, Stefan, Kühne, Michael, & Zuern, Christine S. (2023). Assessment of the atrial fibrillation burden in Holter electrocardiogram recordings using artificial intelligence. Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal, 4(2), 41–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvdhj.2023.01.003

Knecht S, & Sticherling C. (2023). Ethanol infusion in the vein of Marshall is feasible in experienced centers — but is it ready for every Tom, Dick, and Harry? (Patent No. 3). 66(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01424-5

Hennings, Elisa, Blum, Steffen, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Coslovsky, Michael, Knecht, Sven, Eken, Ceylan, Lischer, Mirko, Paladini, Rebecca E., Krisai, Philipp, Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, Beer, Jürg H., Ammann, Peter, Conte, Giulio, De Perna, Maria Luisa, Kobza, Richard, Blum, Manuel R., Bossard, Matthias, Kastner, Peter, et al. (2023). Bone Morphogenetic Protein 10—A Novel Biomarker to Predict Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation [Journal-article]. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.122.028255

Hennings, Elisa, Blum, Steffen, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Coslovsky, Michael, Knecht, Sven, Eken, Ceylan, Lischer, Mirko, Paladini, Rebecca E., Krisai, Philipp, Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, Beer, Jürg H., Ammann, Peter, Conte, Giulio, Perna, Maria Luisa De, Kobza, Richard, Blum, Manuel R., Bossard, Matthias, Kastner, Peter, et al. (2023). Bone Morphogenetic Protein 10—A Novel Biomarker to Predict Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(6), e028255. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.028255

Knecht S, Zeljkovic I, Badertscher P, Krisai P, Spies F, Vognstrup J, Pavlovic N, Manola S, Osswald S, Kühne M, & Sticherling C. (2023). Role of empirical isolation of the superior vena cava in patients with recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation—a multi-center analysis. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 66(2), 435–443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01314-w

Serban, Teodor, Knecht, Sven, Mannhart, Diego, de Lavallaz, Jeanne du Fay, Schwendinger, Raphael, Krisai, Philipp, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Sex-specific differences in HV interval in a large cohort of patients. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 66(2), 269–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01427-2

Kueffer T, Haeberlin A, Knecht S, Baldinger SH, Madaffari A, Seiler J, Mühl A, Tanner H, Roten L, & Reichlin T. (2023). Validation of the accuracy of contact force measurement by contemporary force-sensing ablation catheters. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 34(2), 292–299. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.15770

Mannhart D., Lischer M., Knecht S., du Fay de Lavallaz J., Strebel I., Serban T., Vogeli D., Schaer B., Osswald S., Mueller C., Kuhne M., Sticherling C., Badertscher P., & Badertscher P. (2023). Clinical Validation of 5 Direct-to-Consumer Wearable Smart Devices to Detect Atrial Fibrillation: BASEL Wearable Study. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 9(2), 232–242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.09.011

Schlageter, Vincent, Badertscher, Patrick, Luca, Adrian, Krisai, Philipp, Spies, Florian, Kueffer, Thomas, Osswald, Stefan, Vesin, Jean-Marc, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Knecht, Sven. (2023). A single-beat algorithm to discriminate farfield from nearfield bipolar voltage electrograms from the pulmonary veins. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, null. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01535-7

Badertscher P, Knecht S, Spies F, Völlmin G, Schaer B, Schärli N, Bosshard F, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Kühne M. (2022). High-power short-duration ablation index–guided pulmonary vein isolation protocol using a single catheter. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 65(3), 633–642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01226-9

Badertscher P., Vergne C., Fery C., Mannhart D., Quirin T., Osswald S., Kuhne M., Sticherling C, Knecht S, & Pascal J. (2022). Magnetic field interactions of smartwatches and portable electronic devices with CIEDs – Did we open a Pandora’s box? IJC Heart and Vasculature, 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101122

Knecht S, Knecht S, Sticherling C, Roten L, Badertscher P, Krisai P, Chollet L, Küffer T, Spies F, Völlmin G, Madaffari A, Mühl A, Baldinger SH, Servatius H, Tanner H, Osswald S, Reichlin T, & Kühne M. (2022). Efficacy and safety of a novel cryoballoon ablation system: multicentre comparison of 1-year outcome. Europace, 24(12), 1926–1932. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euac094

Zwimpfer, Leon, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Krisai, Philipp, Coslovsky, Michael, Springer, Anne, Paladini, Rebecca E., Girod, Marc, Hufschmid, Janik, Knecht, Sven, Badertscher, Patrick, Beer, Jürg H., Bonati, Leo H., Zuern, Christine S., Roten, Laurent, Reichlin, Tobias, Sticherling, Christian, Conen, David, Osswald, Stefan, & Kühne, Michael. (2022). Neurocognitive function in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein isolation. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1000799

Girod M, Coslovsky M, Aeschbacher S, Sticherling C, Reichlin T, Roten L, Rodondi N, Ammann P, Auricchio A, Moschovitis G, Kobza R, Badertscher P, Knecht S, Krisai P, Marugg A, Aebersold H, Hennings E, Serra-Burriel M, Schwenkglenks M, et al. (2022). Association of pulmonary vein isolation and major cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 111(9), 1048–1056. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02015-0

Krisai P, Knecht S, Badertscher P, Mühl A, Osswald S., Roten L, Reichlin T., Sticherling C, & Kuhne M. (2022). Troponin release after pulmonary vein isolation using pulsed field ablation compared to radiofrequency and cryoballoon ablation. Heart Rhythm, 19(9), 1471–1472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.05.020

Badertscher, Patrick, Knecht, Sven, Spies, Florian, Auberson, Chloé, Salis, Marc, Jeger, Raban V., Fahrni, Gregor, Kaiser, Christoph, Schaer, Beat, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2022). Value of Periprocedural Electrophysiology Testing During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Risk Stratification of Patients With New-Onset Left Bundle-Branch Block. Journal of the American Heart Association, 11(15). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026239

Knecht S, & Badertscher P. (2022). Time to say good bye?—The value of a waiting period after pulmonary vein isolation (Patent No. 8). 33(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.15575

Knecht S, Sticherling C., Roten L., Badertscher P, Chollet L., Kuffer T., Spies F., Madaffari A., Muhl A., Baldinger S.H., Servatius H., Osswald S, Reichlin T, & Kuhne M. (2022). Technical and procedural comparison of two different cryoballoon ablation systems in patients with atrial fibrillation. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 64(2), 409–416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-021-01035-6

Pradella, Maurice, Anastasopoulos, Constantin, Yang, Shan, Moor, Manuela, Badertscher, Patrick, Gehweiler, Julian E., Spies, Florian, Haaf, Philip, Zellweger, Michael, Sommer, Gregor, Stieltjes, Bram, Bremerich, Jens, Osswald, Stefan, Kuhne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Knecht, Sven. (2022). Associations between fully-automated, 3Dbased functional analysis of the left atrium and classification schemes in atrial fibrillation. PLoS ONE, 17(8 August). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272011

Badertscher P, Knecht S, Zeljkovic I., Sticherling C, de Asmundis C, Conte G., Barra S, Jedrzej K, Kuhne M., & Boveda S. (2022). Management of conduction disorders after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: results of the EHRA survey. Europace, 24(7), 1179–1185. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euac027

Moccetti F, Yadava M, Latifi Y, Strebel I, Pavlovic N, Knecht S, Asatryan B, Schaer B, Kühne M, Henrikson CA, Stephan FP, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Reichlin T. (2022). Simplified Integrated Clinical and Electrocardiographic Algorithm for Differentiation of Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia: The Basel Algorithm. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 8(7), 831–839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.03.017

Mannhart D, Hennings E, Lischer M, Vernier C, Du Fay de Lavallaz J, Knecht S, Schaer B, Osswald S, Kühne M, Sticherling C, & Badertscher P. (2022). Clinical Validation of Automated Corrected QT-Interval Measurements From a Single Lead Electrocardiogram Using a Novel Smartwatch. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, 906079. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.906079

Badertscher, Patrick, Lischer, Mirko, Mannhart, Diego, Knecht, Sven, Isenegger, Corinne, Du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Schaer, Beat, Osswald, Stefan, Kühne, Michael, & Sticherling, Christian. (2022). Clinical validation of a novel smartwatch for automated detection of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm O2, 3(2), 208–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2022.02.004

Féry C, Desombre A, Quirin T, Badertscher P, Sticherling C, Knecht S, & Pascal J. (2022). Magnetic Field Measurements of Portable Electronic Devices: The Risk Inside Pockets for Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Devices (Patent No. 3). 15(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010646

Quirin T., Vergne C., Fery C., Badertscher P., Nicolas H., Mannhart D., Osswald S., Kuhne M., Sticherling C., Madec M., Hebrard L., Knecht S., & Pascal J. (2022, January 1). A magnetic camera to assess the risk of magnetic interaction between portable electronics and cardiac implantable electronic devices. https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA54994.2022.9856580

Auberson C, Badertscher P, Madaffari A, Malushi M, Bourquin L, Spies F, Aeschbacher S, Fahrni G, Kaiser C, Jeger R, Osswald S, Sticherling C, Knecht S, & Kühne M. (2021). Non-invasive predictors for infranodal conduction delay in patients with left bundle branch block after TAVR. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 110(12), 1967–1976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-021-01924-w

Pithon A., McCann A., Buttu A., Vesin J.-M., Pascale P., Le Bloa M., Herrera C., Park C.-I., Roten L., Kühne M, Spies F., Knecht S, Sticherling C., Pruvot E., & Luca A. (2021). Dynamics of Intraprocedural Dominant Frequency Identifies Ablation Outcome in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 731917. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.731917

Krisai P, Roten L, Zeljkovic I., Pavlovic N., Ammann P, Reichlin T., Auf der Maur E, Streicher O, Knecht S., Kuhne M., Osswald S, Novak J., & Sticherling C. (2021). Prospective evaluation of a standardized screening for atrial fibrillation after ablation of cavotricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutter. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10194453

Quirin T., Fery C., Nicolas H., Madec M., Hebrard L., Knecht S., & Pascal J. (2021). Quantification of the Safety Distance Between ICDs and Phones Equipped With Magnets. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 7(8), 1066–1068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.04.014

Schaerli N, Badertscher P, Spies F., Madaffari A., Osswald S, Sticherling C., Kuhne M., & Knecht S. (2021). A Simplified Method to Detect Phrenic Nerve Injury during Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using Lead aVF of the Surface ECG (Patent No. 8). 14(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009986

Spies F, Kühne M, Sticherling C, & Knecht S. (2021). Substrate characterization for ventricular tachycardia ablation using a new image processing service (Patent No. 6). 110(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-020-01755-1

Asatryan B, Seiler J, Bourquin L, Knecht S, Servatius H, Madaffari A, Baldinger SH, Badertscher P, Küffer T, Spies F, Tanner H, Kühne M, Osswald S, Roten L, Sticherling C, & Reichlin T. (2021). Pre-procedural arrhythmia burden and the outcome of catheter ablation of idiopathic premature ventricular complexes. PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 44(4), 703–710. https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.14211

Reichlin T, Baldinger SH, Pruvot E, Bisch L, Ammann P, Altmann D, Berte B, Kobza R, Haegeli L, Schlatzer C, Mueller A, Namdar M, Shah D, Burri H, Conte G, Auricchio A, Knecht S, Osswald S, Asatryan B, et al. (2021). Impact of contact force sensing technology on outcome of catheter ablation of idiopathic pre-mature ventricular contractions originating from the outflow tracts. Europace, 23(4), 603–609. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa315

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Kühne M, Knecht S, Spies F, Aeschbacher S, Haaf P, Zellweger M, Schaer B, Osswald S, & Sticherling C. (2021). Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Without Demonstration of Pulmonary Vein Occlusion—The Simplify Cryo Study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 8, 664538. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.664538

Luca A, Pittet A, Buttu A, McCann A, Vesin JM, Pascale P, Le Bloa M, Herrera C, Park CI, Rollin A, Maury P, Roten L, Kühne M, Spies F, Knecht S, Sticherling C, & Pruvot E. (2020). Severe and uniform bi-atrial remodeling measured by dominant frequency analysis in persistent atrial fibrillation unresponsive to ablation. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 59(2), 431–440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-019-00681-1

Madaffari A, Rivetti L, Kühne M, Knecht S, Osswald S, & Sticherling C. (2020). Ventricular tachycardia catheter ablation after repaired tetralogy of Fallot: How to overcome an electrical short circuit. Europace, 22(11), 1687. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa167

Meyre, Pascal B., Sticherling, Christian, Spies, Florian, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Blum, Steffen, Voellmin, Gian, Madaffari, Antonio, Conen, David, Osswald, Stefan, Kühne, Michael, & Knecht, Sven. (2020). C-reactive protein for prediction of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01711-x

Asatryan B, Ebrahimi R, Strebel I, van Dam PM, Kühne M, Knecht S, Spies F, Abächerli R, Abächerli R, Badertscher P, Kozhuharov N, Zeljkovic I, Schaer B, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Reichlin T. (2020). Man vs machine: Performance of manual vs automated electrocardiogram analysis for predicting the chamber of origin of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 31(2), 410–416. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.14320

Krisai P, Knecht S, Sticherling C, Osswald S, & Kühne M. (2020). Ablation of ventricular tachycardia using coils. European Heart Journal, 41(5), 724. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz653

du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Badertscher, Patrick, Kobori, Atsushi, Kuck, Karl-Heinz, Brugada, Josep, Boveda, Serge, Providência, Rui, Khoueiry, Ziad, Luik, Armin, Squara, Fabien, Kosmidou, Ioanna, Davtyan, Karapet V., Elvan, Arif, Perez-Castellano, Nicasio, Hunter, Ross J., Schilling, Richard, Knecht, Sven, Kojodjojo, Pipin, Wasserlauf, Jeremiah, et al. (2020). Sex-specific efficacy and safety of cryoballoon versus radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Heart Rhythm, 17(8), 1232–1240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.04.020

Haeberlin, Andreas, Kozhuharov, Nikola, Knecht, Sven, Tanner, Hildegard, Schaer, Beat, Noti, Fabian, Osswald, Stefan, Servatius, Helge, Baldinger, Samuel, Seiler, Jens, Lam, Anna, Mosher, Luke, Sticherling, Christian, Roten, Laurent, Kühne, Michael, & Reichlin, Tobias. (2020). Leadless pacemaker implantation quality: importance of the operator’s experience. EP-Europace, 22(6), 939–946. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa097

Knecht, Sven, Haaf, Philip, Spies, Florian, Madaffari, Antonio, Kühne, Michael, & Sticherling, Christian. (2020). Gadolinium based contrast agent-free cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of heart anatomy. A feasibility study. Revista Espanola de Cardiologia, 73, 510–512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.recesp.2019.11.013

Knecht, Sven, Schaer, Beat, Reichlin, Tobias, Spies, Florian, Madaffari, Antonio, Vischer, Annina, Fahrni, Gregor, Jeger, Raban, Kaiser, Christoph, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2020). Electrophysiology Testing to Stratify Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 9(5), e014446. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.119.014446

Spies, Florian, Knecht, Sven, Zeljkovic, Ivan, Reichlin, Tobias, Madaffari, Antonio, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2020). First-degree atrioventricular block in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: the prevalence of intra-atrial conduction delay. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 61(2), 421–425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-020-00838-3

Zeljkovic I, Knecht S, Spies F, Reichlin T, Osswald S, Kühne M, & Sticherling C. (2020). Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation recurrence after redo procedure-ablation modality impact. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 57(1), 77–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-019-00694-w

Spies F, Kuhne M, Brantner P, Haaf P, Zeljkovic I, Madaffari A, Reichlin T, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Knecht S. (2020). P5691 Independent assessment if an image-processing service for the treatment of patients with ventricular tachycardias, . ESC Congress.

Göldi T, Krisai P, Knecht S, Aeschbacher S, Spies F, Zeljkovic I, Kaufmann BA, Kaufmann BA, Schaer B, Conen D, Reichlin T, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Kühne M. (2019). Prevalence and Management of Atrial Thrombi in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Before Pulmonary Vein Isolation. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 5(12), 1406–1414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2019.09.003

Madaffari A., Knecht S., Spies F., Schaer B., Kuhne M., Sticherling C., & Osswald S. (2019). Epicardial Connection: The Achilles Heel of Gap Mapping After Wide Antral Pulmonary Veins Isolation. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 5(11), 1356–1357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2019.08.024

Pradella M, Sticherling C, Spies F, Reichlin T, Zeljkovic I, Blum S, Haaf P, Stieltjes B, Bremerich J, Osswald S, Kühne M, & Knecht S. (2019). Burden-based classification of atrial fibrillation predicts multiple-procedure success of pulmonary vein isolation. Journal of Cardiology, 74(1), 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjcc.2018.12.019

Zeljkovic I, Knecht S, Spies F, Reichlin T, Schaer B, Osswald S, Kühne M, & Sticherling C. (2019). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T delta concentration after repeat pulmonary vein isolation. Biochemia Medica, 29(2), 20902. https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.020902

Zeljkovic I, Knecht S, Pavlovic N, Celikyrut U, Spies F, Burri S, Mannhart D, Peterhans L, Reichlin T, Schaer B, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Kuhne M. (2019). High-sensitive cardiac troponin T as a predictor of efficacy and safety after pulmonary vein isolation using focal radiofrequency, multielectrode radiofrequency and cryoballoon ablation catheter. Open Heart, 6(1), e000949. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000949

Knecht, Sven, Brantner, Philipp, Cattin, Philippe, Tobler, Daniel, Kühne, Michael, & Sticherling, Christian. (2019). State-of-the-art multimodality approach to assist ablations in complex anatomies-From 3D printing to virtual reality. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE, 42(1), 101–103. https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.13479

Knecht, Sven, Haaf, Philip, Spies, Florian, Madaffari, Antonio, Kühne, Michael, & Sticherling, Christian. (2019). Gadolinium based contrast agent-free cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of heart anatomy. A feasibility study. Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (English Ed.), 73(6), 510–512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rec.2019.11.005

Madaffari, Antonio, Krisai, Philipp, Spies, Florian, Knecht, Sven, Schaer, Beat, Kojic, Dejan, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Osswald, Stefan. (2019). Ablation of typical atrial flutter guided by the paced PR interval on the surface electrocardiogram: a proof of concept study. 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, 21(11), 1750–1754. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz208

Pradella M, Knecht S, Moor M: Osswald S: Kühne M,: Sticherling C, Stieltjes B, & Bremerich J. (2019). Novel attempt to characterize the left atrium of patients with atrial fibrillation referred for catheter ablation using cine MR. Escr 2019 .

Zeljkovic I, Knecht S, Sticherling C, & Kühne M. (2018). Wide and narrow QRS complex tachycardia with four different cycle lengths: What is the mechanism? Heart Rhythm, 15(11), 1736–1738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.06.028

Knecht S, Burch F, Reichlin T, Spies F, Mühl A, Altmann D, Ammann P, Schaer B, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Kühne M. (2018). First clinical experience of a dedicated irrigated-tip radiofrequency ablation catheter for the ablation of cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 107(4), 281–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1180-4

Knecht S, Pradella M, Reichlin T, Mühl A, Bossard M, Stieltjes B, Conen D, Bremerich J, Osswald S, Kühne M, & Sticherling C. (2018). Left atrial anatomy, atrial fibrillation burden, and P-wave duration-relationships and predictors for single-procedure success after pulmonary vein isolation. Europace, 20(2), 271–278. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euw376

Pascal, J., Vogel, D., Knecht, S., Vescovo, M., & Hebrard, L. (2018). Three-dimensional Magnetic Camera for the Characterization of Magnetic Manipulation Instrumentation Systems for Electrophysiology Procedures. 65, 410–413. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_103

Celikyurt U, Knecht S, Kuehne M, Reichlin T, Muehl A, Spies F, Osswald S, & Sticherling C. (2017). Incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after cavotricuspid isthmus ablation for atrial flutter. Europace, 19(11), 1776–1780. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euw343

Spies F, Kühne M, Reichlin T, Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Knecht S. (2017). A quantitative comparison of the electrical and anatomical definition of the pulmonary vein ostium. PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 40(11), 1213–1217. https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.13192