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

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

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

Antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) are often used after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF); the drugs employed vary, but most common are the drugs that were unsuccessful prior to ablation since it ...

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 ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation in the best of circumstances has modest success rates. There is a critical need to translate current randomized clinical trial evidence that has been produced in ...

Recent studies have demonstrated the benefit of early ablation in preventing the progression of atrial fibrillation (AF). Clinical practice has reflected this shift in AF management and no longer ...

Medtronic and Boston Scientific, which both have major cardiac-device operations in Minnesota, and Johnson & Johnson MedTech ...

It's the time of year for workplace Christmas parties, and gatherings with family and friends. Maybe you'll drink a lot in ...

As the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) continues to rise, BTL has announced the successful treatment of the first six patients in the first-in-human feasibility study using a next-generation ...

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