Using catheter-based ablation instead of medications alone reduces the risks of death and stroke in patients with the common form of heart arrhythmia known as atrial fibrillation, or AFib, new ...

VIENNA, Austria—For patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), a hybrid approach that combines a minimally invasive surgical ablation with catheter-based radiofrequency ablation—performed ...

Compared with medical therapy, rhythm control with catheter ablation is associated with lower risk of ischemic stroke after 30 days, as well as less mortality and heart failure (HF) hospitalization, ...

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 ...

A nationwide clinical RCT trial led by Dr. Kazumi Kimura at Kumamoto University Hospital has found that adding catheter ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine built a virtual replica of a patient’s heart, ran electrical simulations through it, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The current practice of radiofrequency ablation with power-controlled irrigated catheters involves the delivery ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted a new indication to a cryoballoon ablation catheter that allows it to be used as a first-line ...

Patients with structural heart disease are at risk for life-threatening ventricular tachycardias (VTs). Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can terminate VT, but often at the cost of ...

Catheter ablation was favored for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) when considering its psychological benefits over medical therapy alone, the REMEDIAL randomized trial showed.