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The aim of this study was to describe procedures with and without X-Rays and to assess feasibility, safety, and short-term efficacy of zero fluoroscopy intervention in a high-volume center oriented to keep exposure to ionizing radiation as low as reasonably achievable.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cardiac catheter ablations performed in our hospital since January 2017 to June 2021.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1,853 procedures were performed with 1,957 arrhythmias treated. Rate of fluoroless procedures was 15.4% (285 interventions) with an increasing trend from 8.5% in 2017 to 22.9% of first semester 2021. The most frequent arrhythmia treated was atrial fibrillation (646; 3.6% fluoroless) followed by atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (644; 16.9% fluoroless), atrial flutter (215; 8.8% fluoroless), ventricular tachycardia (178; 17.4% fluoroless), premature ventricular contraction (162; 48.1% fluoroless), and accessory pathways (112; 31.3% fluoroless). Although characteristics of patients and operative details were heterogeneous among treated arrhythmias, use of fluoroscopy did not influence procedure duration. Moreover, feasibility and efficacy were 100% in fluoroless ablations while the rate of major complications was very low and no different with or without fluoroscopy (0.45 vs. 0.35%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Limiting the use of X-Rays is necessary, especially when the available technologies allow a zero-use approach. 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