Boston Scientific revised Polarx cryoablation catheter guidelines after 7 esophageal injuries and 4 deaths were reported. Updated instructions focus on monitoring catheter position and avoiding ...

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) agreed to acquire Bolt Medical, Inc., the developer of an intravascular lithotripsy ...

In that single-arm study, the rate of primary adverse events within 7 days of ablation was 2.9%, with the most common ...

The FDA is elevating a recall from Boston Scientific covering its cryoablation balloon catheters for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. No hardware is being removed from use—instead, ...

The Bolt IVL system is designed to use lithotripsy to fracture calcium by creating acoustic pressure waves inside a balloon catheter ... Updates Instructions for Cryoablation Balloons After ...

a rare and often fatal complication resulting from injury to the esophagus during cryoablation procedures using POLARx and POLARx FIT catheters, which are thin, tubular devices physicians can ...

Jim Harbaugh has a busy offseason ahead of him. Here's what to know about his heart condition, cardiac ablations and recovery ...

A 7-Fr 6-mm-tip CRYO catheter (Freezor Xtra, Cryocath Technologies) was used. The procedure was performed under local anesthesia (2% lignocaine) without sedation. Cryomapping was carried out at ...

Twenty patients (eight males, age 46.5 ± 12.5 years) diagnosed with AVNRT were randomized to receive CRYO (11) with a 6-mm-tip catheter or RF (nine) with a 4-mm-tip catheter. Patients' pain ...