Athletes who undergo ablation to treat their irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation (AF) experience greater ...

New technologies mean catheter ablation is among the safest, most effective treatments for atrial fibrillation, reported the ...

Oussama Wazni, MD, Cleveland Clinic, discusses insights from the OPTION trial and their potential implication on guidelines ...

For patients with atrial fibrillation who need protection from stroke and other complications after ablation, left atrial ...

Oral anticoagulation is recommended after ablation for atrial fibrillation among patients at high risk for stroke. Left atrial appendage closure is a mechanical alternative to anticoagulation ...

Medtronic, Boston Scientific and other medtech leaders are competing to commercialize catheter technology with roots in ...

AFib-treating cardiac ablation, surgical robotics, nitinol and diabetes treatment tech lead among this year’s top medtech ...

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of the cardiac electrophysiological balance index in predicting the recurrence of atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency ...

TCAI is the first to use Medtronic’s Affera mapping and ablation system with a Sphere-9 catheter since it received FDA ...

Research conducted across 12 hospitals in China has discovered that combining linear ablation with ethanol infusion via the ...

Catheter ablation is one of the most effective rhythm-control strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF). Conventional catheter ablation is performed using thermo-energy sources via either radiofrequency ...

Opens in a new tab or window CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to less bleeding compared ...