A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery,, finds that Medicare patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who ...

Beyond pulmonary vein (PV) isolation, the optimal ablation strategy for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) remains poorly defined. The purpose of this study was to compare 2 ablation strategies in ...

Methods Older patients with PerAF and HFrEF underwent transthoracic echocardiography and were randomly assigned to receive either AF ablation or MRC. The primary outcome was changes in left ...

The OptaBlate BVN nerve ablation system. [Images courtesy of Stryker] Stryker (NYSE: SYK) + announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its OptaBlate basivertebral nerve ablation ...

SAN DIEGO — Patients with obesity and diabetes are at a substantially reduced risk of having a recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after ablation if they are taking a glucagon-like peptide 1 ...

Han are photographed in April 2025 inside a Trinity Health Ann Arbor Operating Room following completion of the first ablation procedure in Michigan to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) using the ...

The results of the PULSAR IDE trial evaluating a spherical, all-in-one pulsed field ablation catheter for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation (Globe, Kardium) were presented at Heart Rhythm 2025.

Objective Older, relatively small studies identified female sex as a risk factor for adverse events after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to assess contemporary sex-based ...

“The residual risk of atrial fibrillation post-ablation, even with modern ablation techniques, is quite high. There is likely progressive atrial substrate remodeling despite initial procedural success ...