May 20, 2015 — A study presented at Heart Rhythm 2015 found that botulinum toxin (botox) injections into epicardial fat ...
Atrial Fibrillation
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, also referred to as AF or afib. AF is a cardiac arrhythmia caused by irregular and often rapid heart rate. It is caused by the upper chambers (the atria) beating irregularly and uncoordinated with the lower ventricle chambers of of the heart. Symptoms include weakness with heart palpitations and shortness of breath. The conditional can lead to an increased risk of stroke and heart failure. AF episodes can cause the blood in the atria to stagnate and form clots, usually within the left atrial appendage (LAA). The clots can flow to the brain and cause a stroke. Treatments include anticoagulation therapy to dissolve clots, catheter or surgical ablation and LAA occlusion.
May 18, 2015 — Medtronic plc announced the Arctic Front Advance ST Cryoablation Catheter has received U.S. Food and Drug ...
May 18, 2015 — New research reports significant differences between men and women with atrial fibrillation (AF) and the ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
May 14, 2015 — A white paper published by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and National Stroke Association characterizes ...
May 13, 2015 — Abbott and GE Healthcare announced an agreement that will bring real-time, patient-specific data about ...
For over a decade, the cardiac cryoablation industry has seen little in the way of technological advancements. Yet ...
The Heart Rhythm Society’s 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, May 13-16, 2015 in Boston, will offer the latest clinical ...
May 5, 2015 — Medtronic plc announced the start of a clinical study to determine whether paroxysmal and persistent atria ...
In the United States, the options currently available for cardiac ablation use thermal mechanisms to ablate tissue and ...
The long-awaited U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) ...
April 28, 2015 — Researchers from Johns Hopkins performing sophisticated motion studies of heart magnetic resonance ...
April 9, 2015 — Medtronic plc announced the first patient enrollment in the GOLD AF Registry, a prospective ...
When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
March 27, 2015 — Patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation were less likely to experience death ...
Learn about the trends and new technology in electrophysiology (EP) in an interview with David Wilber, M.D., editor of ...
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell shares his picks of the most interesting new devices and advances in cardiovascular technology ...