Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line treatment ...

Cardiac ablation can improve symptoms and may extend a person’s life by treating certain heart arrhythmias. The procedure is often effective, but some serious complications can occur. Cardiac ablation ...

London, United Kingdom – 1 September 2024: Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is as effective at reducing recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial tachycardia (AT) at 1-year, when compared to the ...

Under a canopy of eight heart-monitoring screens in a cardiac catheterization lab on a recent Monday, Mayo Clinic doctors briefly paused a procedure treating atrial fibrillation to inspect a new tool: ...

A minimally invasive heart procedure to correct irregular heart rhythms called catheter ablation may reduce the risk of stroke enough that some patients can discontinue blood thinners, according to a ...

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 ...

If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...

WAY IN A BRAND NEW HEART PROCEDURE. IT’S DESIGNED TO HELP AFIB OR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. IT WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE FDA IN DECEMBER. AND THIS MONTH, AN OMAHA WOMAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO GET IT DONE.

A 63-year-old Frederick man this week became the first patient at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies to undergo a new procedure for atrial fibrillation. Dr. Amar Trivedi, a UCHealth clinical ...

A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and results in clinically important improvements ...