September 26, 2014 — AtriCure Inc. announced the introduction of the AtriClip Flex, a new device with a more flexible ...
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.
September 15, 2014 — A new gene-directed drug being tested through a research study called GENETIC-AF may improve care ...
September 2, 2014 — Renal denervation reduces recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) when performed with pulmonary vein ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
September 2, 2014 – John Muir Health's Concord medical center is the first hospital in Northern California and one of ...
August 22, 2014 — AliveCor announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company clearance for ...
For over a decade, the cardiac cryoablation industry has seen little in the way of technological advancements. Yet ...
August 18, 2014 — A clinical trial being conducted at Mission Health using Medtronic's Phased Radiofrequency (RF) ...
August 14, 2014 — New data from the Medtronic Inc. Adaptive CRT trial show a 61 percent (p=0.01) lower risk of atrial ...
July 30, 2014 — St. Jude Medical announced CE mark approval and first use of the FlexAbility ablation catheter, a novel ...
In the United States, the options currently available for cardiac ablation use thermal mechanisms to ablate tissue and ...
Paul Keall, Ph.D., FAAP, professor and NHMRC Australian Fellow at Radiation Physics Laboratory at the University of ...
July 16, 14 — A new physician poster presentation at the Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 19th Annual International Meeting ...
July 2, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced results from the CRYSTAL AF (CRYptogenic STroke And underLying Atrial ...
When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
June 23, 2014 — Researchers have announced the results of a four-year study that used 3-D echocardiography to examine ...
June 17, 2014 — University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is among the first in the country to offer BioSense ...

May 30, 2014 — New research has found that bariatric surgery is an effective way to control weight in morbidly obese ...