I am a 47- year-old woman in good health. I exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet. At my physical, I was surprised when my doctor said I have A-fib.
New technologies mean catheter ablation is among the safest, most effective treatments for atrial fibrillation, reported the ...
Hein J. J. Wellens, M.D., F.A.C.C.; Sidney C. Smith, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia seen in clinical practice, accounting ...
TCAI is the first to use Medtronic’s Affera mapping and ablation system with a Sphere-9 catheter since it received FDA ...
Objectives Determinants of atrial fibrillation (AF) patterns and of progression of earlier forms to permanent ... In multivariable-adjusted models, sinus rhythm at baseline, AF duration, cardioversion ...
A 2024 study found that people with AFib were at nearly 30% higher risk of sudden death. Even newer research says it may be ...
A recent study published in JAMA has raised concerns about the safety of certain blood pressure medications for patients with ...
Electrophysiologists at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center recently became the first in the nation to use an all-in-one high-density mapping and dual energy ...
BTL, a leader in medical innovation, is proud to announce a major milestone: the successful treatment of the first patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF) in a groundbreaking ...
Mitral valve disease affects the heart's left chambers, leading to complications like atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
Accelerating the heart rhythm may offer a new treatment option for patients with diastolic heart failure and atrial ...
The FDA has approved Rapiblyk, a new drug to treat irregular heartbeats in critically ill hospitalized patients with severe supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), including atrial fibrillation and atrial ...