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The PF ablation success rate is closer to 82%. After suffering with AFib for about five years, progressively getting worse to 59 episodes in 2024, lasting 20+ hours each, I had a PF ablation at Mayo Rochester. Piece of cake. I had a few short episodes in the few days that followed - was told to expect that - and now I am AFib free. I am back to pushing myself harder, walking fast, even a little jogging, and weightlifting. I've even started drinking again (reasonably). I had mine in February 2025. Hope it lasts forever. I also have esophageal issues (I've had it stretched twice) and a hiatal hernia. The key is to find the right doctor. It's a skills thing. I drove four hours to get to the #1 clinic. 73M.
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@cstrutt52 wow. That is awesome. I pray I have that result. I have full faith in my doctors skills but if it doesn’t work I will consider Mayo Clinic. It would be a flight for me to Cleveland from NJ. Was there a particular doctor you used?
@cstrutt52 I agree with you--finding the #1 clinic or #1 electrophysiologist to do the procedure is very important! I appreciate your recovery story and I am very hopeful about my ablation because I only experienced A-fib for one year before my ablation. From what I have read, the sooner it is addressed this way, the better. I gave up all alcohol and cut down on caffeine which might have been one of my triggers. Mostly I lost weight and have always exercised daily, so those things may have helped too! But mostly I got a great physician and I am so pleased that he seems to have taken his time and really did more than the "basics" to get a good result for me.
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@cstrutt52 This study suggests otherwise, now three months old:
https://www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Press-Office/Press-releases/Pulsed-field-ablation-was-not-superior-to-radiofrequency-ablation-in-paroxysmal-atrial-fibrillation
I'm always happy to see success cases, no matter who the patient is, the EP performing their ablation, and the technique used. The variances in success (one full year free of the treated arrhythmia) are due almost solely to the skill and experience of the operator of the devices. So, choosing one's EP is a critical part of one's eventual success story when it comes to catheter ablations.