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 ...

A score based on four readily available clinical and imaging parameters identifies the heart failure patients who benefit most from atrial fibrillation ablation, according to late breaking science ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, a journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, finds that Medicare ...

A score based on four readily available clinical and imaging parameters identifies the heart failure patients who benefit most from atrial fibrillation ablation, according to late-breaking science ...

Patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AF) at the time of mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) for ...

Tailored ablation guided by AI was linked to better 1-year outcomes than pulmonary vein isolation alone for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, according to the results of the TAILORED ...

Folks with atrial fibrillation who lost 3% or more of their body weight before undergoing ablation had greater odds of their heart returning to a normal rhythm than those who didn't, a new study ...

If left untreated, atrial fibrillation significantly increases the risk of stroke and heart failure. The disorder is typically treated using radiofrequency (RF) ablation, in which a catheter inserted ...

Atrial fibrillation, or a-fib, is the most common abnormal heart rhythm. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 million people in the United States will have a-fib by ...

Ablation of atrial fibrillation improves quality of life more than drugs, even though the reduction in atrial fibrillation burden did not differ significantly between treatments, according to late ...

The Real-World Experience of Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Symptomatic Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (REAL-AF) registry was set up in 2018 by Paul Zei, MD, PhD, director ...

Medicare covers many medical procedures for atrial fibrillation (AFib) when medically necessary. This can include cardiac ablation, a minimally invasive procedure that maps the heart’s ...