The Year in Electrophysiology: Selected Highlights From 2022

Sophia P Poorsattar; Nicolas Kumar; Christina A Jelly; Natalie J Bodmer; Jonathan E Tang; Ryan Lefevre; Michael K Essandoh; Adam Dalia; Matthew W Vanneman; Amit Bardia

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2023.03.025

The Year in Electrophysiology: Selected Highlights From 2022

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Jul;37(7):1255-1264. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.03.025. Epub 2023 Mar 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology,Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
⁵ Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
⁷ Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Department of Critical Care, Anesthesia, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁸ Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Department of Critical Care, Anesthesia, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: abardia@partners.org.

PMID: 37080842
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.03.025

Abstract

This special article is the fifth in an annual series for the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. The authors would like to thank the Editor-in-Chief, Dr Kaplan, the Associate Editor-in-Chief, Dr Augoustides, and the editorial board for the opportunity to author this series, which summarizes the key research papers in the electrophysiology (EP) field relevant to cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiologists. These articles are shaping perioperative EP procedures and practices, such as pulsed-field ablation, cryoablation for first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation, advancements in conduction system pacing, safety issues related to smartphones and cardiac implantable electronic devices, and alterations in EP workflow as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. Special emphasis is placed on the implications of these advancements for the anesthetic care of patients undergoing EP procedures.

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; device infection; electrophysiology; peri-device leak.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesiology*
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
COVID-19*
Electrophysiology
Humans
Pandemics