For patients undergoing catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), cryoballoon and radiofrequency catheters are both effective in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). And the ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Four different pulmonary vein isolation techniques demonstrated similar efficacy in treating persistent AF.

New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing ...

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.

The primary effectiveness outcomes are shown for both the full patient cohort (A) and separated by atrial fibrillation (AF) subtype: paroxysmal AF (B) vs persistent AF/long-standing (LS)–persistent AF ...

Summer may just be getting started, but Medtronic has colder temperatures on the brain. Much colder temperatures, in fact, with the FDA’s expanded clearance of the company’s cryoablation catheter to ...

Devices already in inventory can be used with the updated instructions by doctors. Patients already treated don’t need to do anything. Boston Scientific has updated its instructions for doctors using ...

First-of-its-kind expandable cryoballoon catheter advances cryoablation therapy, addresses key limitations with traditional systems MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific ...

There are no sex differences in the effectiveness and safety of pulsed field ablation (PFA), a novel modality that uses short, high-energy electrical pulses to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), results ...