Karl‐Heinz Kück

Research interests

Publications

• Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial

  Circulation · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.123.063988

• Early Rhythm Control Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

  Circulation · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.121.056323

• Early Rhythm-Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2019422

• 2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardiaThe Task Force for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

  European Heart Journal · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz467

• 2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardiaThe Task Force for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

  European Heart Journal · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz467

• 2019 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS expert consensus statement on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias

  EP Europace · 2019 · 10.1093/europace/euz132

• The European Lead Extraction ConTRolled (ELECTRa) study: a European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Registry of Transvenous Lead Extraction Outcomes

  European Heart Journal · 2017 · 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx080

• EACVI/EHRA Expert Consensus Document on the role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation

  European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging · 2016 · 10.1093/ehjci/jev354

• Impact of Complete Versus Incomplete Circumferential Lines Around the Pulmonary Veins During Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

  Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.115.003337

• 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing

  Heart Rhythm · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.11.018

• 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death

  European Heart Journal · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehv316

• Perioperative Results and Complications in 15,964 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.03.034

• EFFICAS II: optimization of catheter contact force improves outcome of pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

  EP Europace · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euv057

• Clinical Trial Design Principles and Endpoint Definitions for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement: Part 2: Endpoint Definitions

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.05.049

• The German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY): in-hospital outcome

  European Heart Journal · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/eht381

• Electrical Reconnection After Pulmonary Vein Isolation Is Contingent on Contact Force During Initial Treatment

  Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.113.000374

• Catheter Ablation of Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2012 · 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.04.060

• Performance of a New Leadless Implantable Cardiac Monitor in Detecting and Quantifying Atrial Fibrillation Results of the XPECT Trial

  Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.109.877852

• Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

  Circulation · 2010 · 10.1161/circulationaha.110.946806

• Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

  The Lancet · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61755-4

• EHRA/HRS Expert Consensus on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias

  EP Europace · 2009 · 10.1093/europace/eup098

• HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up

  EP Europace · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eum120

• Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study of the Endeavor Zotarolimus-Eluting Phosphorylcholine-Encapsulated Stent for Treatment of Native Coronary Artery Lesions

  Circulation · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.105.591206

• Complete Isolation of Left Atrium Surrounding the Pulmonary Veins

  Circulation · 2004 · 10.1161/01.cir.0000144459.37455.ee

• Initial Experience With Remote Catheter Ablation Using a Novel Magnetic Navigation System

  Circulation · 2004 · 10.1161/01.cir.0000125126.83579.1b

• Recovered Pulmonary Vein Conduction as a Dominant Factor for Recurrent Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Complete Circular Isolation of the Pulmonary Veins

  Circulation · 2004 · 10.1161/01.cir.0000151289.73085.36

• Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation—Pharmacological Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation (PIAF): a randomised trial

  The Lancet · 2000 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)03230-x

• Non surgical coronary artery recanalization in acute transmural myocardial infarction.

  Circulation · 1981 · 10.1161/01.cir.63.3.489

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