Using catheter-based ablation instead of medications alone reduces the risks of death and stroke in patients with the common form of heart arrhythmia known as atrial fibrillation, or AFib, new ...

Over the past 5 years, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved from an experimental procedure to one that is performed in most large medical centers throughout the world. The rapid ...

A novel catheter-based cardioneural ablation procedure reduced symptoms of vasovagal syncope by as much as 80% for patients with symptoms despite medical intervention and behavioral modification who ...

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 ...

Patients with structural heart disease are at risk for life-threatening ventricular tachycardias (VTs). Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can terminate VT, but often at the cost of ...

Convergent hybrid ablation is an innovative treatment for a type of irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AFib). The treatment is a two-stage procedure that combines the expertise of our ...

Catheter ablation is a surgical procedure, performed using thin flexible wires called catheters for the treatment of atrial fibrillation or cardiac arrhythmia. . The catheters reach the heart through ...

VENTURE-AF, the First Global, Prospective, Randomized Trial of Any Novel Oral Anticoagulant in this Setting, Presented as Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Over the past decade, the number of catheter ...

S AN FRANCISCO -- Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The debate on the use of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation has intensified among ...