March 22, 2017 — Aegis Medical Innovations Inc. announced that it has received Investigational Device Exemption approval ...
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.
March 22, 2017
March 14, 2017 — More than 80 percent of stroke patients with a history of atrial fibrillation either received not ...
March 14, 2017
February 16, 2017 — Medtronic plc announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Freezor Xtra Cr ...
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When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
December 11, 2023
February 1, 2017 — Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to revive parts of human hearts in the ...
February 01, 2017
January 25, 2017 — CardioFocus Inc. recently announced the initial clinical evaluation of the HeartLight Excalibur ...
January 25, 2017
January 11, 2017 — For patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart arrhythmia, a main goal of ...
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For over a decade, the cardiac cryoablation industry has seen little in the way of technological advancements. Yet ...
November 13, 2023
January 6, 2017 — SentreHeart Inc. announced that it has completed the Stage I enrollment milestone in the aMAZE Trial ...
January 06, 2017January 4, 2017 — A smartphone application made it possible to use the iPhone camera to detect atrial fibrillation via ...
January 04, 2017
December 7, 2016 — Abbott has filed a complaint to terminate its proposed acquisition of Alere based on the substantial ...
December 07, 2016Sponsored Content
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In the United States, the options currently available for cardiac ablation use thermal mechanisms to ablate tissue and ...
November 02, 2023
November 15, 2016 — Atrial fibrillation patients who use warfarin to lower risk of stroke are at higher risk of ...
November 15, 2016
November 14, 2016 — Atrial fibrillation patients with a prior history of stroke who undergo catheter ablation lower ...
November 14, 2016
November 10, 2016 — Siemens Healthineers announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a hand ...
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When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
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November 7, 2016 – Results from the U.S. real-world, post-FDA approval experience of the Watchman device found high ...
November 07, 2016
October 27, 2016 — Acutus Medical announced the completion of the first patient procedure in the “Utilizing Novel Dipole ...
October 27, 2016
October 25, 2016 — A recent study from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers published in PLOS ONE compa ...
October 25, 2016