August 10, 2015 — The Technology Partnership (TTP), a U.K.-based research and product development company, has made ...
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.
August 5, 2015 — Boehringer Ingelheim announced the first U.S. patients have been enrolled in two of the company's ...
August 4, 2015 — Triple therapy is no better than dual antiplatelet therapy in preventing major adverse cardiac events ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
July 20, 2015 - A new study proves race and gender-related disparities exist in care for patients who have recently been ...
July 13, 2015 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers and patients about reports ...
July 1, 2015 - Medtronic has acquired CardioInsight Technologies Inc., a Cleveland-based medical device company that has ...
For over a decade, the cardiac cryoablation industry has seen little in the way of technological advancements. Yet ...
July 1, 2015 - SentreHeart Inc. announced that it has received approval for an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) ...
June 30, 2015 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Society for Cardiovascular ...
June 11, 2015 - C. Dorn Smith, M.D., vascular surgeon in Kingstree, South Carolina, was successful in using a new device ...
In the United States, the options currently available for cardiac ablation use thermal mechanisms to ablate tissue and ...
There were several technology takeaway messages for the future of electrophysiology (EP) at the Heart Rhythm Society ...
May 21, 2015 — Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its development partner Bayer HealthCare announced results from the ...
May 20, 2015 — A study presented at Heart Rhythm 2015 found that botulinum toxin (botox) injections into epicardial fat ...
When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
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 ...