Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sticherling

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. (2025). Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in octogenarians. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-024-01879-8

Ünlü, Luca, Stephan, Frank-Peter, Riede, Florian N., Mettler, Annette Christine, Dutilh, Gilles, Capoferri, Gioele, Bosia, Tito, Sticherling, Christian, Bingisser, Roland, & Nickel, Christian H. (2025). Diagnostic accuracy of emergency department ECGs in hyperkalemia detection: A cross-sectional study. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 136, 56–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2025.03.038

Reichl, Jakob J., Stolte, Thorald, Boeddinghaus, Jasper, Leibundgut, Gregor, Badertscher, Patrick, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, Kaiser, Christoph, Mahfoud, Felix, & Nestelberger, Thomas. (2025). Prognostic impact of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Heart Rhythm O2, 6(3), 273–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2024.12.016

Shoamanesh, Ashkan, Field, Thalia S, Coutts, Shelagh B, Sharma, Mukul, Gladstone, David, Hart, Robert G, Boriani, Giuseppe, Wright, David J, Sticherling, Christian, Birnie, David H, Gold, Michael R, Erath, Julia W, Kutyifa, Valentina, Mian, Rajibul, Benz, Alexander P, Granger, Christopher B, McIntyre, William F, Connolly, Stuart J, Nielsen, Jens Cosedis, et al. (2025). Apixaban versus aspirin for stroke prevention in people with subclinical atrial fibrillation and a history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack: subgroup analysis of the ARTESiA randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology, 24(2), 140–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(24)00475-7

Büchel, Jasmin, Balestra, Gianmarco, Campos Ochoa, Stephanie, Haaf, Philip, Müller, Christian, Badertscher, Patrick, Marsch, Stephan, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Krisai, Philipp. (2024). Sex-Based Differences in Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Myocarditis: A Cohort Study. American Journal of Medicine, 137(11), 1104–1113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.06.039

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

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

Serban, Teodor, Badertscher, Patrick, Du Fay De Lavallaz, Jeanne, Providencia, Rui, Migliore, Federico, Mugnai, Giacomo, Penela, Diego, Perrotta, Laura, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Chun, Kyoung-Ryul Julian. (2024). Definition and management of arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy: Findings from the European Heart Rhythm Association survey. Europace, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae112

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

Zuern, Christine S., Sticherling, Christian, Krisai, Philipp, & Haaf, Philip. (2024). Methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 25(4), E147. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jead320

Sticherling, C., Ellenbogen, K. A., & Burri, H. (2024). Stepping back for good reasons: a reappraisal of the DF-1 connector for defibrillator leads. Europace, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae057

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

Aebersold, Helena, Foster-Witassek, Fabienne, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Beer, Juerg H., Blozik, Eva, Blum, Manuel, Bonati, Leo, Conte, Giulio, Coslovsky, Michael, De Perna, Maria Luisa, Valentino, Marcello Di, Felder, Stefan, Huber, Carola A., Moschovitis, Giorgio, Mueller, Andreas, Paladini, Rebecca E., Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, Stauber, Annina, et al. (2024). Patients on vitamin K treatment: is switching to direct-acting oral anticoagulation cost-effective? A target trial on a prospective cohort. Open Heart, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2023-002567

Schlageter, V., Luca, A., Badertscher, P., Krisai, P., Küffer, T., Spreen, D., Katic, J., Osswald, S., Schaer, B., Sticherling, C., Kühne, M., & Knecht, S. (2024, January 28). The Effect of Electrode-Tissue Distance on Unipolar and Bipolar Voltage Electrograms for large-Tip, Ring-, and Mini-Electrodes [Posted-content]. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.24.24301751

Badertscher, Patrick, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2024). Dream, search, pace—Cracking the code of left bundle branch pacing. Heart Rhythm, 21(1), 64–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.09.029

Byrne, R. A., Rossello, X., Coughlan, J.J., Barbato, E., Berry, C., Chieffo, A., Claeys, M. J., Dan, G.-A., Dweck, M. R., Galbraith, M., Gilard, M., Hinterbuchner, L., Jankowska, E. A., Jüni, P., Kimura, T., Kunadian, V., Leosdottir, M., Lorusso, R., Pedretti, R. F. E., et al. (2024). 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes: Developed by the task force on the management of acute coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 13(1), 55–161. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuad107

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

Kovacs, Boldizsar, Mayinger, Michael, Ehrbar, Stefanie, Fesslmeier, Debra, Ahmadsei, Maiwand, Sazgary, Lorraine, Manka, Robert, Alkadhi, Hatem, Ruschitzka, Frank, Duru, Firat, Papachristofilou, Alexandros, Sticherling, Christian, Blamek, Slawomir, Gołba, Krzysztof S., Guckenberger, Matthias, Saguner, Ardan M., & Andratschke, Nicolaus. (2023). Dose escalation for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmia - a phase II clinical trial. Radiation Oncology, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-023-02361-x

Serra-Burriel, M., Aebersold, H., Foster-Witassek, F., Coslovsky, M., Rodondi, N., Blum, M. R., Sticherling, C., Moschovitis, G., Beer, J. H., Reichlin, T., Krisai, P., Aeschbacher, S., Paladini, R. E., Kühne, M., Osswald, S., Conen, D., Felder, S., & Schwenkglenks, M. (2023). Real-World Cost-Effectiveness of Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Target Trial Approach. Value in Health, 26(12), 1721–1729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2023.08.008

Foster-Witassek, Fabienne, Aebersold, Helena, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Ammann, Peter, Beer, Jürg H., Blozik, Eva, Bonati, Leo H., Cattaneo, Mattia, Coslovsky, Michael, Felder, Stefan, Moschovitis, Giorgio, Müller, Andreas, Netzer, Seraina, Paladini, Rebecca E., Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, Stauber, Annina, Sticherling, Christian, Szucs, Thomas, et al. (2023). Longitudinal Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(21). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.123.031872

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

Krisai, P., Kühne, M., & Sticherling, C. (2023). Letter by Krisai et al Regarding Article, “pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial”. Circulation, 148(15), 1182. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.065076

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

Serfözö, Peter Daniel, Sandkühler, Robin, Blümke, Bibiana, Matthisson, Emil, Meier, Jana, Odermatt, Jolein, Badertscher, Patrick, Sticherling, Christian, Strebel, Ivo, Cattin, Philippe C, & Eckstein, Jens. (2023). An augmented reality-based method to assess precordial electrocardiogram leads: a feasibility trial. European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 4(5), 420–427. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztad046

Aebersold, Helena, Foster-Witassek, Fabienne, Serra-Burriel, Miquel, Brüngger, Beat, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Beer, Jürg-Hans, Blozik, Eva, Blum, Manuel, Bonati, Leo, Conen, David, Conte, Giulio, Felder, Stefan, Huber, Carola, Kuehne, Michael, Moschovitis, Giorgio, Mueller, Andreas, Paladini, Rebecca E., Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, et al. (2023). Estimating the cost impact of atrial fibrillation using a prospective cohort study and population-based controls. BMJ Open, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072080

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

Natale, A., Zeppenfeld, K., Della Bella, P., Liu, X., Sabbag, A., Santangeli, P., Sommer, P., Sticherling, C., Zhang, X., & Di Biase, L. (2023). Twenty-five years of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia: A look back and a look forward. Europace, 25(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad225

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). Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 66(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01421-8

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

Tilz, Roland Richard, Schmidt, Vanessa, Pürerfellner, Helmut, Maury, Philippe, Julian Chun K.R., Martinek, Martin, Sohns, Christian, Schmidt, Boris, Mandel, Franck, Gandjbakhch, Estelle, Laredo, Mikael, Gunawardene, Melanie Anuscha, Willems, Stephan, Beiert, Thomas, Borlich, Martin, Iden, Leon, Füting, Anna, Spittler, Raphael, Gaspar, Thomas, et al. (2023). A worldwide survey on incidence, management, and prognosis of oesophageal fistula formation following atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: The POTTER-AF study. European Heart Journal, 44(27), 2458–2469. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad250

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

Aebersold, Helena, Serra-Burriel, Miquel, Foster-Wittassek, Fabienne, Moschovitis, Giorgio, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Auricchio, Angelo, Beer, Jürg Hans, Blozik, Eva, Bonati, Leo H, Conen, David, Felder, Stefan, Huber, Carola A, Kuehne, Michael, Mueller, Andreas, Oberle, Jolanda, Paladini, Rebecca E, Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, Springer, Anne, et al. (2023). Patient clusters and cost trajectories in the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation cohort. Heart, 109(10), 763–770. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321520

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

Könemann H, Dagres N, Merino JL, Sticherling C, Zeppenfeld K, Tfelt-Hansen J, & Eckardt L. (2023). Spotlight on the 2022 ESC guideline management of ventricular arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death: 10 novel key aspects. Europace, 25(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad091

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). Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 66(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01424-5

Gupta, Dhiraj, Ding, Wern Yew, Calvert, Peter, Williams, Emmanuel, Das, Moloy, Tovmassian, Lilith, Tayebjee, Muzahir H, Haywood, Guy, Martin, Claire A, Rajappan, Kim, Bates, Matthew G D, Temple, Ian Peter, Reichlin, Tobias, Chen, Zhong, Balasubramaniam, Richard N, Ronayne, Christina, Clarkson, Nichola, Morgan, Maureen, Barton, Janet, et al. (2023). Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation as First-Line Treatment for Typical Atrial Flutter. Heart, 109(5), 364–371. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321729

Herber, Elena, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Coslovsky, Michael, Schwendinger, Fabian, Hennings, Elisa, Gasser, Andreas, Di Valentino, Marcello, Rigamonti, Elia, Reichlin, Tobias, Rodondi, Nicolas, Netzer, Seraina, Beer, Jürg-Hans, Stauber, Annina, Müller, Andreas, Ammann, Peter, Sinnecker, Tim, Duering, Marco, Wuerfel, Jens, Conen, David, et al. (2023). Physical activity and brain health in patients with atrial fibrillation. European Journal of Neurology, 30(3), 567–577. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15660

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

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

Frey, Simon Martin, Brenner, Roman, Theuns, Dominic A., Al-Shoaibi, Naeem, Crawley, Richard J., Ammann, Peter, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, Osswald, Stefan, & Schaer, Beat. (2023). Follow-up of CRT-D patients downgraded to CRT-P at the time of generator exchange. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1217523

Hnatkova, Katerina, Andršová, Irena, Novotný, Tomáš, Vanderberk, Bert, Sprenkeler, David, Junttila, Juhani, Reichlin, Tobias, Schlögl, Simon, Vos, Marc A., Friede, Tim, Bauer, Axel, Huikuri, Heikki V., Willems, Rik, Schmidt, Georg, Sticherling, Christian, Zabel, Markus, & Malik, Marek. (2023). QRS complex and T wave planarity for the efficacy prediction of automatic implantable defibrillators. Heart, null. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2023-322878

Mannhart D, Badertscher P, Serban T, Kühne M, Ammann P, & Sticherling C. (2023). Using a smartwatch for the detection of loss of left ventricular capture in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (Patent No. 1). Heart Rhythm, 20(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.08.035

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

Serban, Teodor, du fay du Lavallaz, Jeanne, Barker, David Charles, Sticherling, Christian, Kühne, Michael, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Validation of a novel score to predict which patients with atrial fibrillation and depressed left ventricular ejection fraction will respond to catheter ablation. Revista Espanola de Cardiologia, 76, 745–748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.recesp.2023.03.020

Serban, Teodor, Mannhart, Diego, Pfister, Otmar, Kühne, Michael, Sticherling, Christian, & Badertscher, Patrick. (2023). Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Biopsy of an Intracardiac Right-Sided Mass. Cardiovascular Medicine, 26(4), 127–129. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2023.02237

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

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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

Villa A, Vandenberk B, Kenttä T, Ingelaere S, Huikuri HV, Zabel M, Friede T, Sticherling C, Tuinenburg A, Malik M, Van Huffel S, Willems R, & Varon C. (2022). A machine learning algorithm for electrocardiographic fQRS quantification validated on multi-center data. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 6783. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10452-0

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

Hnatkova K., Andrsova I., Novotny T., Britton A., Shipley M., Vandenberk B., Sprenkeler D.J., Junttila J., Reichlin T., Schlogl S., Vos M.A., Friede T., Bauer A., Huikuri H.V., Willems R., Schmidt G., Franz M.R., Sticherling C., Zabel M., & Malik M. (2022). QRS micro-fragmentation as a mortality predictor. European Heart Journal, 43(40), 4177–4191. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac085

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

Baumgartner T, Kaelin-Friedrich M, Makowski K, Noti F, Schaer B, Haeberlin A, Badertscher P, Kozhuharov N, Baldinger S, Seiler J, Osswald S, Kühne M, Roten L, Tanner H, Sticherling C, & Reichlin T. (2022). Sex-Related Differences in Patient Selection for and Outcomes after Pace and Ablate for Refractory Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from a Large Multicenter Cohort. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(16). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11164927

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

Kühne, Michael, Krisai, Philipp, Coslovsky, Michael, Rodondi, Nicolas, Müller, Andreas, Beer, Jürg H., Ammann, Peter, Auricchio, Angelo, Moschovitis, Giorgio, Hayoz, Daniel, Kobza, Richard, Shah, Dipen, Stephan, Frank Peter, Schläpfer, Jürg, Di Valentino, Marcello, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Ehret, Georg, Eken, Ceylan, Monsch, Andreas, et al. (2022). Silent brain infarcts impact on cognitive function in atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal, 43(22), 2127–2135. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac020

Pelli A, Junttila MJ, Kenttä TV, Schlögl S, Zabel M, Malik M, Reichlin T, Willems R, Vos MA, Harden M, Friede T, Sticherling C, Huikuri HV, & EU-CERT-ICD Study Investigators. (2022). Q waves are the strongest electrocardiographic variable associated with primary prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator benefit: a prospective multicentre study. Europace, 24(5), 774–783. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab260

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). Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 15(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010646

Badertscher, Patrick, Haaf, Philip, Sticherling, Christian, & Osswald, Stefan. (2022). Leadless pacemaker placement to overcome bilateral subclavian vein occlusion. Cardiovascular Medicine, 25(3), 92–93. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2022.w10127

Evers-Dörpfeld, Simone, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Hennings, Elisa, Eken, Ceylan, Coslovsky, Michael, Rodondi, Nicolas, Beer, Jürg H., Moschovitis, Giorgio, Ammann, Peter, Kobza, Richard, Ceylan, Selinda, Krempke, Melina, Meyer-Zürn, Christine S., Moutzouri, Elisavet, Springer, Anne, Sticherling, Christian, Bonati, Leo H., Osswald, Stefan, Kuehne, Michael, et al. (2022). Sex-specific differences in adverse outcome events among patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart, 108(18), 1445–1451. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320122

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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. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2022 - Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/memea54994.2022.9856580

Sticherling C. (2022). Arrhythmic Risk in Male and Female Patients With Heart Failure - Same but Different (Patent No. 6). JAMA Network Open, 5(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17167

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

Krisai P, Johnson LSB, Moschovitis G, Benz A, Ramasundarahettige C, McIntyre WF, Wong JA, Conen D, Sticherling C, Connolly SJ, & Healey JS. (2021). Incidence and Predictors of Heart Failure in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. CJC Open, 3(12), 1482–1489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.07.016

Bano A, Rodondi N., Beer JH, Moschovitis G, Kobza R, Aeschbacher S, Baretella O., Muka T, Stettler C, Franco OH, Conte G, Sticherling C, Zuern CS, Conen D., Kuhne M., Osswald S, Roten L, & Reichlin T. (2021). Association of diabetes with atrial fibrillation phenotype and cardiac and neurological comorbidities: Insights from the SWISS-AF study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(22). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.121.021800

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

Lee G, Badertscher P, Sticherling C, & Osswald S. (2021). A rare and reversible cause of third-degree atrioventricular block: A case report (Patent No. 10). European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 5(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab372

Kovacs B., Burri H., Buehler A., Reek S., Sticherling C., Schaer B, Linka A, Ammann P, Muller A.S., Dzemali O., Kobza R., Schindler M., Haegeli L., Mayer K., Eriksson U., Herrera-siklody C., Reichlin T, Steffel J., Saguner A.M., & Duru F. (2021). High incidence of inappropriate alarms in patients with wearable cardioverter-defibrillators: Findings from the swiss WCD registry. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173811

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). Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 14(8), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009986

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Molitor N., Yalcinkaya E., Auricchio A., Burri H., Delacretaz E., Kuhne M., Menafoglio A., Reek S., Reichlin T., Herrera-Siklody C., Zimmerli M., Sticherling C., & Duru F. (2021). Swiss national registry on catheter ablation procedures: Changing trends over the last 20 years. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10143021

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

Theuns D.A.M.J., Niazi K., Schaer BA, Sticherling C., Yap S.-C., & Caliskan K. (2021). Reassessment of clinical variables in cardiac resynchronization defibrillator patients at the time of first replacement: Death after replacement of CRT (DARC) score. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 32(6), 1687–1694. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.15031

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Theuns D.A.M.J., Schaer BA, Caliskan K., Hoeks S.E., Sticherling C., Yap SC, & Alba A.C. (2021). Application of the heart failure meta-score to predict prognosis in patients with cardiac resynchronization defibrillators. International Journal of Cardiology, 330, 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.01.011

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

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Ding WY, Williams E, Das M, Tovmassian L, Tayebjee M, Haywood G, Martin C, Rajappan K, Bates M, Temple IP, Reichlin T, Chen Z, Balasubramaniam R, Ronayne C, Clarkson N, Mahida S, Sticherling C, & Gupta D. (2021). Cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation as first line treatment for typical atrial flutter (CRAFT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 60(3), 427–432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-020-00746-6

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