Sascha Rolf Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center University of Leipzig Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Sascha Rolf has not added a biography. If you are Sascha Rolf and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Procedural Outcomes and Survival After Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Relation to Electroanatomical Substrate in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Unipolar Voltage Mapping Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25996358 Comparison of Left Atrial Dimensions in CT and Echocardiography As Predictors of Long-term Success After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology : an International Journal of Arrhythmias and Pacing. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25956477 The APPLE Score: a Novel and Simple Score for the Prediction of Rhythm Outcomes After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25876528 Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia and Mortality in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Can Noninducibility After Ablation Be a Predictor for Reduced Mortality? Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25873719 Differentiating the Origin of Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmia Using a Simple, Novel Approach Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25847476 What Can Rhythm Control Therapy Contribute to Prognosis in Atrial Fibrillation? Heart (British Cardiac Society). Jun, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25792720 Ablation of Typical Atrial Flutter Using a Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Tracking System Vs. Conventional Fluoroscopy-results from a Prospective Randomized 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. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25736724 Impact of Asymmetrical Dilatation of the Left Atrium on the Long-term Success After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation International Journal of Cardiology. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25731848 Sex-related Predictors for Thromboembolic Events After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: The Leipzig Heart Center AF Ablation Registry Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25707763 Irrigated Tip Catheters for Radiofrequency Ablation in Ventricular Tachycardia BioMed Research International. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25705659 Presence and Extent of Coronary Artery Disease As Predictor for AF Recurrences After Catheter Ablation: The Leipzig Heart Center AF Ablation Registry International Journal of Cardiology. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25528310 Precordial QRS Amplitude Ratio Predicts Long-term Outcome After Catheter Ablation of Electrical Storm Due to Ventricular Tachycardias in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Journal of Electrocardiology. Jan-Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25465865 Efficacy and Safety of Remote Magnetic Catheter Navigation Vs. Manual Steerable Sheath-guided Ablation for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: a Case-control 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. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25336662 Changes in Renal Function After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Are Associated with CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc Scores and Arrhythmia Recurrences Heart (British Cardiac Society). Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25281600 Sensor-based Electromagnetic Navigation to Facilitate Implantation of Left Ventricular Leads in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25229158 Results of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophied Hearts - Comparison Between Primary and Secondary Hypertrophy Journal of Cardiology. Jun, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25113952 Patient Discomfort Following Catheter Ablation and Rhythm Device Surgery 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. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25488958 Effects of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Soluble P-selectin, Von Willebrand Factor and IL-6 in the Peripheral and Cardiac Circulation PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25390649 Early Referral for Ablation of Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia is Associated with Improved Acute and Long-term Outcomes: Results from the Heart Center of Leipzig Ventricular Tachycardia Registry Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25262159 Comparison of Dabigatran and Uninterrupted Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardiac Rhythm Device Implantations. Case-control Study Circulation Journal : Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25253506 Comparison of Dabigatran and Uninterrupted Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardiac Rhythm Device Implantations Circulation Journal : Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25152420 Tailored Atrial Substrate Modification Based on Low-voltage Areas in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25151631 Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Thromboembolic Risk After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25128733 Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Suture Ligation: Not Ready for Prime Time Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25104526 Early Cerebral Thromboembolic Complications After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Incidence, Characteristics, and Risk Factors Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25086257 [Long-term Results of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Cure or Just Palliation?] Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25081596 Nonfluoroscopic Catheter Visualization in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Experience from 375 Consecutive Procedures Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25038922 Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Morphology on Peri-interventional Thromboembolic Risk During Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24858813 Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Left Atrial Electroanatomical Remodeling and Outcomes After Radiofrequency Ablation of Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24833645 Comparison of CHADS2, R2CHADS2, and CHA2DS2-VASc Scores for the Prediction of Rhythm Outcomes After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: the Leipzig Heart Center AF Ablation Registry Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24610790 Atrial Arrhythmias Following Surgical AF Ablation: Electrophysiological Findings, Ablation Strategies, and Clinical Outcome Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24602079 Adenosine Sensitivity of Retrograde Fast Pathway Conduction in Patients with Slow-fast Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: a Prospective Study Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24583097 Impact of Single Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation on Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapies in Patients with Ischaemic and Non-ischaemic Cardiomyopathies 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. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24532559 Treatment with Novel Oral Anticoagulants in a Real-world Cohort of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Rhythm Device Implantations 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. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24489073 Long-term Follow-up After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients with Impaired Left Ventricular Systolic Function: the Importance of Rhythm and Rate Control Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24374320 Outcomes in Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Dilated Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Compared with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Results from the Prospective Heart Centre of Leipzig VT (HELP-VT) Study Circulation. Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24211823 Renal Dysfunction, Stroke Risk Scores (CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc, and R2CHADS2), and the Risk of Thromboembolic Events After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: the Leipzig Heart Center AF Ablation Registry Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24047706 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Implantation Using a New Sensor-based Navigation System: Results from the First Human Use Study Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24002003 Successful Nonsurgical Treatment of Esophagopericardial Fistulas After Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: a Case Series Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23728944 Prevalence and Predictors of Worsened Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation International Journal of Cardiology. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23725912 Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Supported by Novel Nonfluoroscopic 4D Navigation Technology Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23680898 Atrial Fibrillation-induced Cardiac Troponin I Release International Journal of Cardiology. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23623668 MediGuide in Supraventricular Tachycardia: Initial Experience from a Multicentre Registry 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. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23612730 Use of Electrical Coupling Information in AF Catheter Ablation: a Prospective Randomized Pilot Study Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23059130 Diagnosis of Atrial Tachycardias Originating from the Lower Right Atrium: Importance of P-wave Morphology in the Precordial Leads V3-V6 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. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23054216 Initial Experience in Ablation of Typical Atrial Flutter Using a Novel Three-dimensional Catheter Tracking System 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. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 22858894 Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using Novel 4-dimensional Catheter Tracking Within Autoregistered Left Atrial Angiograms Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22773023 Quantitative Analysis of Isolation Area and Rhythm Outcome in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation After Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation Using the Pace-and-ablate Technique Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22752925 Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Atrial Fibrillation: Predictors and Relation with Symptom Severity Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22672521 Long-term Efficacy of Single Procedure Remote Magnetic Catheter Navigation for Ablation of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia: a Retrospective Study Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22313170 Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Herpes Encephalitis Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. Mar, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22284924 Safety Aspects of Deep Sedation During Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22054234 Findings and Outcome of Fluoroscopic Visualization of the Oesophageal Course During Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation 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. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21398313 Steerable Versus Nonsteerable Sheath Technology in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: a Prospective, Randomized Study Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21248246 Mutations in the Cardiac Transcription Factor GATA4 in Patients with Lone Atrial Fibrillation European Journal of Medical Genetics. Jul-Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20363377 Mutational Analysis of the PITX2 and NKX2-5 Genes in Patients with Idiopathic Atrial Fibrillation International Journal of Cardiology. Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20022124 [Limits and Scopes of Invasive Risk Stratification. Do We Still Need Programmed Ventricular Stimulation?] Herz. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20091252 Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation Rather Than Ventricular Tachycardia Predicts Tachyarrhythmia Recurrences in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for Secondary Prophylaxis 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. Mar, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19095687 Coronary Artery Occlusion Due to Lead Insertion into the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract European Heart Journal. Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 18987097 Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia After Adenosine Infusion International Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 18006091 Optimal Heart Failure Therapy and Successful Cardioversion in Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation American Heart Journal. May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18440338 Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia: Procedural and Fluoroscopy Time Saving Ablation Using LocaLisa Navigation System Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16533262 [Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy] Herz. Sep, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16170690 [Long QT Syndrome and Brugada Syndrome. Drugs, Ablation or ICD?] Herz. Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15875099 True Right Bundle Branch Block Masking the Typical ECG in Brugada Syndrome Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE. Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15733192 T Wave Alternans Does Not Assess Arrhythmic Risk in Patients with Brugada Syndrome Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology : the Official Journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc. Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15084214 The Ajmaline Challenge in Brugada Syndrome: Diagnostic Impact, Safety, and Recommended Protocol European Heart Journal. Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12804924 [Brugada Syndrome. Current Clinical Aspects and Risk Stratification] Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie. Sep, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 24535450 A Novel Nonfluoroscopic Catheter Visualization System (LocaLisa) to Reduce Radiation Exposure During Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardias The American Journal of Cardiology. Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12127630 Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Tracking for Fluoroscopy Reduction in Interventional Electrophysiology Philipp Sommer1, Simon Kircher1, Sascha Rolf1, Sergio Richter1, Micha Doering1, Arash Arya1, Andreas Bollmann1, Gerhard Hindricks1 1Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Leipzig JoVE 52606 Medicine
Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Tracking for Fluoroscopy Reduction in Interventional Electrophysiology Philipp Sommer1, Simon Kircher1, Sascha Rolf1, Sergio Richter1, Micha Doering1, Arash Arya1, Andreas Bollmann1, Gerhard Hindricks1 1Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Leipzig JoVE 52606 Medicine