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Convergent hybrid ablation is an innovative treatment for a type of irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AFib). The treatment is a two-stage procedure that combines the expertise of our ...

Catheter ablation was favored for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) when considering its psychological benefits over medical therapy alone, the REMEDIAL randomized trial showed.

A new study reveals that patients receiving radiofrequency catheter ablation compared to traditional drug therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have significantly lower hospitalization and mortality ...

Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that affects an estimated 30 million people worldwide. New research shows that catheter ablation, a common cardiovascular procedure, appears no more ...

Jonathon Frye was sitting in his driveway when all of a sudden, his heart started to race. “It felt like I was running a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation ...

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), a procedure now widely performed in major electrophysiology laboratories, has been studied most carefully in patients with paroxysmal AF. In this study, ...

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 ...

Most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are symptom-free after treatment by catheter ablation, yet it is unknown whether obese patients, who are at high risk of developing AF, benefit from this ...

Fundamentally, there are three techniques that can be employed to minimize the likelihood of esophageal injury during RF ablation at the posterior left atrium: (1) avoidance of any RF ablation ...

There are three main points I would like to make in considering this issue. First, the true efficacy of catheter ablation of AF remains unknown; to date, there have been no large, prospective, ...