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 ...

Over the past 5 years, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved from an experimental procedure to one that is performed in most large medical centers throughout the world. The rapid ...

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 is a surgical procedure, performed using thin flexible wires called catheters for the treatment of atrial fibrillation or cardiac arrhythmia. . The catheters reach the heart through ...

VENTURE-AF, the First Global, Prospective, Randomized Trial of Any Novel Oral Anticoagulant in this Setting, Presented as Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Over the past decade, the number of catheter ...

S AN FRANCISCO -- Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes ...

The procedure used to treat arrhythmias typically allows for a short recovery time, but precautions are necessary to preserve healthy heart function. Heart ablation creates little scars on heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The debate on the use of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation has intensified among ...

“For patients who do not respond to traditional therapies and are at high risk of complications, noninvasive radiation may be ...