Pascal Defaye is an expert in Cardiology at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (France). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Pascal Defaye in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Atrial Fibrillation, Electric Stimulation Therapy and Arrhythmias, Cardiac. Pascal Defaye has authored 509 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 55 clinical trials, 12 of them ongoing. SLR score: 2,133 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Public Health - Biostatistics - Neurology

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 1993 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Hôpital Albert Michallon

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Safety considerations and clinical monitoring during pulsed field ablation.
PMID 42905916 — safety, electroporation, catheters, pulsed field ablation
Europace20260
Long-Term Outcome Following Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation and Potential Emerging Etiologies.
PMID 42900029 — mortality, arrhythmias, cardiac, cardiovascular diseases, cohort studies, ventricular fibrillation, diagnosis, death, sudden, cardiac
JACC Clin Electrophysiol20260
Pulsed Field Ablation as First-Line Therapy for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: a FARADISE Sub-Analysis.
PMID 42872380 — atrial fibrillation, therapeutics, pulsed field ablation
Europace20260
Characteristics of Recurrent Atrial Arrhythmias and Lesion Assessment Late After Pulsed Field Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.
PMID 42755708 — pulmonary veins, atrial flutter, arrhythmias, cardiac, fluoroscopy, atrial fibrillation, catheters, pulsed field ablation
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol20260
Empirical Cavotricuspid Isthmus Ablation in Congenital Heart Disease: A Nationwide Prospective Study.
PMID 42695996 — heart defects, congenital, heart diseases, hospitalization, heart, arrhythmias, cardiac, cardiovascular diseases, documentation, atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, prospective studies, catheters
JACC Clin Electrophysiol20260

Clinical Studies 55

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 9 Study Chair: 2

By phase:

N/A 34
Phase 3 10
Phase 4 8
Phase 2 3

By status:

Completed 31
Recruiting 11
Active not recruiting 4
Terminated 4
Unknown 4
Not yet recruiting 1

By type:

Interventional 35
Observational 20

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 16
multicentric2to4 3
multicentric5to9 2
multicentricup10 34

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 5

Ongoing Clinical Trials

12 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
AV Nodal Ablation With Conduction System Pacing Versus Cardiac Resynchronization for Symptomatic Heart Failure Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
NCT07604727 — quality of life, mortality, hospitalization, heart failure, heart, atrial fibrillation, photoplethysmography, cardiac resynchronization therapy, therapeutics, hemodynamics, cardiomyopathies
N/ANot yet recruiting2026
HeartLogic in Patients With Heart Failure
NCT07544771 — quality of life, monitoring, ambulatory, hospitalization, heart failure, heart, symptom assessment, therapeutics, defibrillators, implantable, defibrillators
N/ARecruiting2026
Atrioventricular Node Ablation and Conduction System Pacing in Patients With Well Controlled Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Rate Regularization Versus Medical Rate Control
NCT06833138 — atrioventricular block, atrioventricular node, mortality, hospitalization, heart failure, heart rate, heart, heart failure, diastolic, atrial fibrillation, cardiac resynchronization therapy, physicians, therapeutics, bundle of his, catheters
N/ARecruiting2025
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Related to Sport in Young and Value of the Genetic Assessment a French Prospective Register
NCT06642168 — death, sudden, heart diseases, heart arrest, toxicology, diagnosis, death, sudden, cardiac, exome, exome sequencing, athletes, mutation, sports, autopsy
N/ARecruiting2024
Exhaustive French National Registry of AF Ablation Using Pentaspline Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter
NCT06497933 — registries, pulmonary veins, atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, tissues, wounds and injuries, veins, catheters, pulsed field ablation
N/AActive not recruiting2021

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