Ulrich Schotten (U.)

Farnir, F., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Hermans, B. J., Farnir, F., Habibi, Z., Jerltorp, K., Verhaert, D., Schotten, U., Maesen, B., Vernooy, K., Luermans, J., & Linz, D. (2025). A tailored substrate-based approach using focal pulsed field catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation and advanced atrial substrate: Procedural data and 6-month success rates. Heart Rhythm, 22(8), 1957-1968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.01.015

Obergassel, J., Suling, A., Borof, K., Camm, A. J., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Eckardt, L., Fabritz, L., Goette, A., Jensen, M., Lemoine, M. D., Magnussen, C., Metzner, A., Rillig, A., Schotten, U., Schnabel, R., Thomalla, G., Vardas, P., Wakili, R., Willems, S., ... Schrage, B. (2025). Short-term benefit of early rhythm control for atrial fibrillation: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial. European Heart Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf397

Farnir, F. I. P., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Hermans, B., Johannessen, A., Haugdal, M. A., Ruwald, M. H., Tasnim Mohaissen, J. G. L. M., Saljic, A., Jerltorp, K., Nissen, S. D., Hertel, J. N., Farnir, F., Jespersen, T., Schotten, U., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Vernooy, K., Hansen, J., & Linz, D. (2025). Ablation of cavo-tricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutter using a focal monopolar pulsed-field ablation catheter: Feasibility, periprocedural coronary spasms and conduction disorders. Heart Rhythm. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.07.001

Althoff, T. F., Anderson, R. H., Goetz, C., Petersen, S. E., Diaz, P. M., Nijveldt, R., Maurovich-Horvat, P., Bax, J., Hussain, S., Schmidt, C., Spicer, D. E., Sanchez-Quintana, D., Corsi, C., Doessel, O., Climent, A. M., Rodriguez, B., Schotten, U., Loewe, A., Guillem, M. S., ... Ho, S. Y. (2025). Regionalization of the atria for 3D electroanatomical mapping, cardiac imaging, and computational modelling: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the ESC. EP Europace, 27(7), Article euaf134. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf134

Giammarino, L., Matas, L., Alerni, N., Horváth, A., Vashanthakumar, V., Nimani, S., Barbieri, M., Bains, S., Lopez, R., Louradour, J., Ördög, B., Hof, T., Maguy, A., Conte, G., Auricchio, A., Schotten, U., & Odening, K. E. (2025). Sex and sex hormonal regulation of the atrial inward rectifier potassium current (IK1): insights into potential pro-arrhythmic mechanisms. Cardiovascular Research, 121(8), 1215-1227. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaf074

Kawczynski, M. J., van der Heijden, C. A. J., Maessen, J. G., Schotten, U., Kowalewski, M., Suwalski, P., Bidar, E., & Maesen, B. (2025). Early postoperative atrial fibrillation is associated with late mortality after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and reconstructed individual patient data meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 20(1), Article 265. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-025-03504-9

Rottner, L., Lemoine, M. D., Eckardt, L., Borof, K., Camm, A. J., Goette, A., Breithardt, G., Metzner, A., Schotten, U., Zapf, A., Heidbuechel, H., Willems, S., Crijns, H., Schnabel, R. B., Fabritz, L., Magnussen, C., Rillig, A., & Kirchhof, P. (2025). Safety and efficacy of amiodarone and dronedarone for early rhythm control in EAST-AFNET 4. Clinical research in cardiology, Article e011585. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-025-02637-0

Habibi, Z., Verhaert, D. V. M., Betz, K., Hermans, B. J. M., Winters, J., Philippens, S. A. M., Chaldoupi, S. M., Maesen, B., Maessen, J. G., Isaacs, A., Westra, S. W., Nijveldt, R., Gillet, L., Wienhues-Thelen, U. H., Koehler, M., Zeemering, S., Vernooy, K., Linz, D., & Schotten, U. (2025). Association of atrial fibrillation burden and clinical profile with blood biomarkers: Results from the ISOLATION Ablation Cohort. Heart Rhythm O2, 6(5), 661-670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2025.02.017

Schotten, U., Goette, A., & Verheule, S. (2025). Translation of pathophysiological mechanisms of atrial fibrosis into new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Nature Reviews Cardiology, 22(4), 225-240. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-024-01088-w

Sandgren, E., Betz, K., Gawalko, M., Hermans, A., Habibi, Z., Verhaert, D., Philippens, S., Vorstermans, B., Uijl, D. D., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Luermans, J., Lankveld, T., Schotten, U., Vernooy, K., & Linz, D. (2025). Feasibility of repeated on-demand smartphone app-based approximation of time spent with atrial fibrillation and symptoms in patients after catheter ablation: Data from the ISOLATION study. Heart Rhythm. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.03.165