Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure ...

Cardiac ablation can improve symptoms and may extend a person’s life by treating certain heart arrhythmias. The procedure is often effective, but some serious complications can occur. Cardiac ablation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AF ablation with a novel contact force-sensing pulsed field catheter was safe and acutely effective. Three-month ...

Treatment success with pulsed field ablation was higher at 1 year than with antiarrhythmic drug therapy for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An all-in-one ablation system showed durable pulmonary vein isolation at 1 year. Three-quarters of patients ...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. released its latest Medical Device Tech Watch, exploring cardiac ablation modalities and advancements in remote patient monitoring. In addition, this ...

Demonstrating that the best solution is not always a multistage approach, a new trial showed catheter ablation is superior to a combination of antiarrhythmic drugs and lifestyle changes — weight loss, ...

Patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy are at high risk for adverse outcomes. Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular ...

LONDON, England—The impact of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)—the mainstay of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF)—should not be attributed to placebo effects, according to the SHAM-PVI trial ...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) released new late breaking clinical data on its advanced cardiac devices, focusing on pulsed ...