Ultrasound-guided vs conventional venous puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation: the ULYSSES trial

David Schaack, Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun, Kars Neven, Andreas Metzner, Christian Heeger, Reza Wakili, Arian Sultan, Andrea Urbani, Nico Reinsch, Andreas Rillig, Henning Rolfes, Laura Rottner, Julia Vogler, Lukas Urbanek, Stefan Hartl, Joseph Kheir, Julia Alexandra Marx, Julia Lurz, Melanie A Gunawardene, Stefano Bordignon, Anna Füting, Katharina Govorov, Fariba Rafiee, Matthias Hölzl, Matteo Rocchetti, Shota Tohoku, Boris Schmidt

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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291
Published: 2026-04-14
Container: European Heart Journal
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291,
  title = {Ultrasound-guided vs conventional venous puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation: the ULYSSES trial},
  author = {David Schaack and Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun and Kars Neven and Andreas Metzner and Christian Heeger and Reza Wakili and Arian Sultan and Andrea Urbani and Nico Reinsch and Andreas Rillig and Henning Rolfes and Laura Rottner and Julia Vogler and Lukas Urbanek and Stefan Hartl and Joseph Kheir and Julia Alexandra Marx and Julia Lurz and Melanie A Gunawardene and Stefano Bordignon and Anna Füting and Katharina Govorov and Fariba Rafiee and Matthias Hölzl and Matteo Rocchetti and Shota Tohoku and Boris Schmidt},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {European Heart Journal},
  doi = {10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ultrasound-guided vs conventional venous puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation: the ULYSSES trial
AU  - David Schaack
AU  - Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun
AU  - Kars Neven
AU  - Andreas Metzner
AU  - Christian Heeger
AU  - Reza Wakili
AU  - Arian Sultan
AU  - Andrea Urbani
AU  - Nico Reinsch
AU  - Andreas Rillig
AU  - Henning Rolfes
AU  - Laura Rottner
AU  - Julia Vogler
AU  - Lukas Urbanek
AU  - Stefan Hartl
AU  - Joseph Kheir
AU  - Julia Alexandra Marx
AU  - Julia Lurz
AU  - Melanie A Gunawardene
AU  - Stefano Bordignon
AU  - Anna Füting
AU  - Katharina Govorov
AU  - Fariba Rafiee
AU  - Matthias Hölzl
AU  - Matteo Rocchetti
AU  - Shota Tohoku
AU  - Boris Schmidt
PY  - 2026
JO  - European Heart Journal
DO  - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291
ER  -

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Schaack, D., Chun, K. J., Neven, K., Metzner, A., Heeger, C., Wakili, R., Sultan, A., Urbani, A., Reinsch, N., Rillig, A., Rolfes, H., Rottner, L., Vogler, J., Urbanek, L., Hartl, S., Kheir, J., Marx, J. A., Lurz, J., Gunawardene, M. A., Bordignon, S., Füting, A., Govorov, K., Rafiee, F., Hölzl, M., Rocchetti, M., Tohoku, S., & Schmidt, B. (2026). Ultrasound-guided vs conventional venous puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation: the ULYSSES trial. European Heart Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag291

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