Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with a sham procedure, pulmonary vein isolation reduced atrial fibrillation burden at 6 months.

A transesophageal echocardiogram was performed prior to each procedure. Pulmonary vein isolation was performed under intravenous sedation with midazolam and fentanyl [12] or less commonly under ...

There are several surgical ablation methods to treat atrial fibrillation; however, the relative efficacy of each scheme is unknown. Patients with permanent atrial fibrillation undergoing valvular ...

Overlake Hospital Medical Center's electrophysiology program is using new pressure feedback technology to increase success in a procedure to cure atrial fibrillation. By Daniel Nash • May 19, 2014 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Lutheran Hospital offers a modernized alternative of a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, or AFib, a serious heart rhythm disorder that affects an estimated 2.7 million ...

Boston Scientific ($BSX) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Study OverviewThis global Boston Scientific trial, officially titled ...

The mounting burden of America’s cardiovascular health crisis is enough to make one’s heart skip a beat. The most common form of arrhythmia, for example, is atrial fibrillation (AFib), in which the ...

Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation ...

Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has been embraced as a catheter ablation modality with potential to be safer for atrial ...

The clinical benefits and safety of pulsed field ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation (Afib) appeared to span both sexes in real-world practice, according to a postapproval registry from Europe.