Departments and specialties

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.

Research

Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals are working to improve care for people living with irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias. Areas of research have included:

  • Comparing medicines with cardiac ablation to learn how well the treatments work for people with certain types of irregular heartbeats.
  • Designing new catheters to deliver cardiac ablation.
  • Understanding the genetics of arrhythmias.
  • Improving technology and techniques used to diagnose arrhythmias.

Learn more about heart rhythm disease research and cardiovascular research at Mayo Clinic.

Publications

See a list of publications about cardiac ablation by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

Research Profiles

Pulmonary vein isolation care at Mayo Clinic

Jan. 09, 2024
  1. Huang SKS, et al., eds. Pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation. In: Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2020. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed March 10, 2021.
  2. Noseworthy PA (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic. Feb. 5, 2021.
  3. Passman R. Atrial fibrillation: Catheter ablation. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed March 8, 2021.
  4. Zipes DP, et al., eds. Ablation for atrial fibrillation. In: Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2018. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed March 8, 2021.
  5. Catheter ablation. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/catheter-ablation. Accessed Dec. 9, 2021.
  6. Ami TR. Allscripts EPSi. Mayo Clinic. Sept. 4, 2023.
  7. Zipes DP, et al., eds. Catheter ablation: Clinical aspects. In: Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2018. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Feb. 2, 2021.
  8. Libby P, et al., eds. Therapy for cardiac arrhythmias. In: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 12th ed. Elsevier; 2022. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Dec. 8, 2021.
  9. Ganz LI. Overview of catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed Feb. 2, 2021.