Versatility of a Circular Multielectrode Catheter in the Individualized Recognition & Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Related Arrhythmias Using Pulsed Field Energy

"Subjects will arrive to the electrophysiology laboratory for their ablation procedure and will undergo preparation for the procedure per standard protocol.~The purpose of an ablation procedure is to scar or destroy the heart tissue causing the atrial fibrillation. The current FDA approved ablation treatments commonly use freezing, radio frequency, or laser, delivered through a catheter that is threaded through blood vessels to the heart, as the energy source to destroy the abnormal tissue.~The BWI IRE VARIPULSE ablation system used in this study uses a type of energy source called pulse field.~Pulse field ablation applies ultra-rapid (less than 1 second) electrical fields to the heart muscle to destroy the abnormal tissue. This type of energy is thought to safer and more effective at treating atrial fibrillation.~● For a lesion set that cannot be performed using the VARIPULSE catheter technology, a conventional FDA-approved RF ablation"