Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line treatment ...

In a world-first randomized study, catheter ablation has been shown to reverse heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in patients with both HFpEF and atrial fibrillation (AF). In the ...

Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is as effective at reducing recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial tachycardia (AT) at 1-year, when compared to the current most widely used technique, ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—Using catheter ablation to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) provides a benefit even among patients with advanced heart failure who are being considered for heart ...

Share on Pinterest First cryoablation surgery performed at Zakarpattia Regional Cardiology Centre UZHHOROD, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 3, 2020 – Professor of the Gottsegen Hungarian Institute of Cardiology ...

A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and results in clinically important improvements ...

April 10 (UPI) --Recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone catheter heart ablation may be reduced by treating gum disease within three months of the procedure, new Japanese ...

Augusta Health now offers the Abbott Volt Pulsed Field Ablation System as a safer option for treating AFib patients.

Under a canopy of eight heart-monitoring screens in a cardiac catheterization lab on a recent Monday, Mayo Clinic doctors briefly paused a procedure treating atrial fibrillation to inspect a new tool: ...

Effective treatment of AF is important to enable people to continue to live healthy lives. The most common treatment pathway is medication, including several classes of anti-arrhythmia medication, ...