Just a dozen patients have undergone the new treatment that uses electrical pulses to target problem areas inside the heart.

In this systematic review and meta-analysis, catheter ablation was found to reduce overall risk of ischemic stroke, ...

Field Medical Inc. continues to reap funding from investors for its pulsed field ablation (PFA) system with a $35 million ...

When the temperatures soar, most of us find there's nothing more refreshing than an icy drink. But that's not always the case ...

People with AFib have a five-times increased risk of stroke compared to people without it, and the strokes can be more severe ...

There's nothing better than an ice cold drink on a hot day but imagine this—you're enjoying a refreshing iced tea, and ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting have a higher survival advantage if they received surgical ablation during the procedure compared to patients who did not, ...

During ablation, a catheter is fed into the heart through the groin area using a minimally invasive approach and delivers ...

Epub 2023 Aug 27. PMID: 37634148 6 Duxbury C, Begley D, Heck PM. Pulsed field ablation with the pentaspline catheter compared with cryoablation for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in ...

This study, conducted in Switzerland, included 210 patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who were randomized 1:1 to PFA or cryoablation from September 2022 to November 2023.

VIENNA, Austria— For patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), pulsed-field ablation with the Farapulse system (Boston Scientific) is as good as—and borderline better than—a cryoballoon for ...

Ablation is a common treatment option for patients with atrial fibrillation. “The prior standard of care for AFib ablation has always been the use of thermal energy through cryoablation, or ...