Catheter ablation was not the first-line treatment for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) for most patients referred to a tertiary center, a study shows, with investigators suggesting the procedure is ...

Compared with medical therapy, rhythm control with catheter ablation is associated with lower risk of ischemic stroke after 30 days, as well as less mortality and heart failure (HF) hospitalization, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted a new indication to a cryoballoon ablation catheter that allows it to be used as a first-line ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new cost-utility analysis has shown that catheter ablation as a second-line intervention is likely ...

Use of catheter ablation is not only beneficial for treating atrial flutter but also can significantly reduce hospital visits – both inpatient and emergency – and lower the risk for atrial ...

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 ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide, affecting millions of the general population.

A new study reveals that patients receiving radiofrequency catheter ablation compared to traditional drug therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have significantly lower hospitalization and mortality ...

Abbott scored FDA approval for its sensor-enabled catheter for the treatment of atrial flutter, a type of cardiac arrhythmia. It is the company’s first ablation catheter that collects data to ...

There are three main points I would like to make in considering this issue. First, the true efficacy of catheter ablation of AF remains unknown; to date, there have been no large, prospective, ...

Use of catheter ablation is not only beneficial for treating atrial flutter but also can significantly reduce hospital visits – both inpatient and emergency – and lower the risk for atrial ...