OCEAN was an open-label trial conducted in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, and Israel. Eligible participants had ...

Successful catheter ablation resulted in a low risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular ...

Successful catheter ablation resulted in a low risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular ...

A new trial co-led by the Ottawa Heart Institute and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre shows that ...

Ochsner Health has rolled out a new cardiac ablation treatment method for patients in the Gulf South diagnosed with electrophysiology and heart rhythm conditions linked to atrial fibrillation (AFib).

Aggressive lifestyle and risk factor control after ablation significantly lowers atrial fibrillation recurrence and improves ...

RF-based ablation is the most common treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib) — an irregular and usually fast heartbeat. Studies have shown that this procedure is safe and effective, but over the ...

Dealing with both type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation made it twice as difficult for Matt Jewell to live a healthy lifestyle. Medicine to control his abnormal heart rhythm slowed down his heart ...

The heart is at the center of a complex electrical system. Just like any machine, sometimes the system does not always work correctly. There may be a short circuit. This could lead to an abnormal or ...

Medtronic has secured the first FDA green light for a pulsed field ablation system, bringing a new type of atrial fibrillation treatment to the U.S. By using short bursts of specifically tuned ...

Only a few months after Medtronic completed its acquisition of cardiac device maker Affera, the nearly billion-dollar buyout is already paying off. A dual-use catheter originally developed by Affera ...

Compared with conventional rate or rhythm control, pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)-based catheter ablation was associated with reduced risk of HF events in HF with reduced ejection fraction, or HFrEF ...