Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Trends of single-center complication rates for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation from 2015 to 2024
Authors' conclusion
Major complications from catheter ablation significantly decreased over time.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing left atrial catheter ablation for AF, 2015 to 2024
- Participants
- 2,453 procedures
- Outcome
- Temporal trend of catheter ablation complication rates
- Follow-up
- 90 days
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Complications over time
- Any complication, all procedures
- 87 (3.55%)
- Major complications, all procedures
- 34 (1.38%)
- Minor complications, all procedures
- 53 (2.16%)
- Major complications 2015-2018
- 2.03%
- Major complications 2022-2024
- 0.85%
- Major complications decreased over time
- P = .040
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Female vs Male
Complications by sex · all complications
P = 0.009
Major complications
P = 0.015
Pulsed field ablation vs Overall
Complications with pulsed field ablation vs overall · not statistically significant
P = 0.439
- Complications with pulsed field ablation vs overall: 5/221 procedures
Original publication
Trends of single-center complication rates for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation from 2015 to 2024. Heart Rhythm. Published 27 November 2025. doi:10.
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