Severance achieves 100 cases of atrial fibrillation treatment Verifulse for the first time in Korea
Nov 26, 2025
Severance Cardiovascular Hospital was the first in Korea to achieve 100 cases of 'veripulse' pulse field resection on the 20th and held a ceremony.
The achievement was made in less than a year after the first pulsed bowel resection in Korea in December last year and designated as an international education center.
Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) is the latest treatment to catch atrial fibrillation with electricity. It creates a microscopic hole in the heart with high-energy electrical pulses, preserving the surrounding tissues while killing only myocardial cells that cause arrhythmia. The entire procedure takes less than an hour.
Atrial fibrillation, in which the heart beats irregularly due to structural problems with the heart, is the most common arrhythmia. Symptoms of stuffy chest, dizziness, and shortness of breath are typical. Blood clots (blood cakes) occur due to irregular blood flow, which can also cause strokes. In particular, it occurs in about 10% of people aged 60 or older, so the overall prevalence is expected to be more than 3.5% in 2030 due to the aging population.
Pulse field resection is divided into several types depending on the energy transfer method used for treatment. Varipulse is one of the types of pulsed bowel resection, and it is a treatment that flows a low voltage to the site that causes atrial fibrillation a few times. On the other hand, there is also a parapulse pulse resection that shoots high voltage to remove the site that causes atrial fibrillation at once. Proceed with the appropriate type of treatment according to the patient's condition.
As of the 20th, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital achieved 100 cases of varicose pulse bowel resection, but the total number of pulse bowel resections, including parapulse pulse bowel resection, reached 425 as of the 26th.
As such, other institutions are volunteering to train as they boast the largest number of implementation records in Korea. Severance Cardiovascular Hospital was designated as the first international education center in Korea earlier this year, and it is transmitting treatments to cardiologists at home and abroad, including domestic university hospitals such as Kyungpook National University Hospital and professors at Hong Kong University Hospital.
Professor Information Young of Cardiology who introduced pulsed field resection to Severance Cardiovascular Hospital and led the procedure "Pulse field resection introduced by Severance Hospital minimizes damage to surrounding tissues and reduces the procedure time, resulting in higher treatment effect and less patient burden" Severance, which educates professors at other institutions along with the highest number of trials in Korea, will fulfill its responsibility to ensure that more patients receive treatment benefits."."
The achievement was made in less than a year after the first pulsed bowel resection in Korea in December last year and designated as an international education center.
Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) is the latest treatment to catch atrial fibrillation with electricity. It creates a microscopic hole in the heart with high-energy electrical pulses, preserving the surrounding tissues while killing only myocardial cells that cause arrhythmia. The entire procedure takes less than an hour.
Atrial fibrillation, in which the heart beats irregularly due to structural problems with the heart, is the most common arrhythmia. Symptoms of stuffy chest, dizziness, and shortness of breath are typical. Blood clots (blood cakes) occur due to irregular blood flow, which can also cause strokes. In particular, it occurs in about 10% of people aged 60 or older, so the overall prevalence is expected to be more than 3.5% in 2030 due to the aging population.
Pulse field resection is divided into several types depending on the energy transfer method used for treatment. Varipulse is one of the types of pulsed bowel resection, and it is a treatment that flows a low voltage to the site that causes atrial fibrillation a few times. On the other hand, there is also a parapulse pulse resection that shoots high voltage to remove the site that causes atrial fibrillation at once. Proceed with the appropriate type of treatment according to the patient's condition.
As of the 20th, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital achieved 100 cases of varicose pulse bowel resection, but the total number of pulse bowel resections, including parapulse pulse bowel resection, reached 425 as of the 26th.
As such, other institutions are volunteering to train as they boast the largest number of implementation records in Korea. Severance Cardiovascular Hospital was designated as the first international education center in Korea earlier this year, and it is transmitting treatments to cardiologists at home and abroad, including domestic university hospitals such as Kyungpook National University Hospital and professors at Hong Kong University Hospital.
Professor Information Young of Cardiology who introduced pulsed field resection to Severance Cardiovascular Hospital and led the procedure "Pulse field resection introduced by Severance Hospital minimizes damage to surrounding tissues and reduces the procedure time, resulting in higher treatment effect and less patient burden" Severance, which educates professors at other institutions along with the highest number of trials in Korea, will fulfill its responsibility to ensure that more patients receive treatment benefits."."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
