Medications are the first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation, or A-fib. When they begin to fail, one option is ablation.

It is expected that within the next 20 years that 20 million-60 million people will get atrial fibrillation, usually just called AFib. People with AFib have a five-times increased risk of stroke ...

Radiofrequency-based ablation for atrial fibrillation appears more effective than previously shown in clinical trials. Using real-world data, a new study found that the procedure eliminated atrial ...

PANAMA CITY — A local hospital continues working to provide its patients with up-to-date procedures. According to a press release from Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, the facility now offers pulsed field ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) The CDC reports that more than 12 million people in the U.S. will have atrial fibrillation by 2030 – that’s when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an ...

BOSTON -- For persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib), adding artificial intelligence guidance for ablation site selection improved success, the TAILORED trial showed. Freedom from Afib after one ...

Dealing with both type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation made it twice as difficult for Matt Jewell to live a healthy lifestyle. Medicine to control his abnormal heart rhythm slowed down his heart ...

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Volt™ PFA System to treat patients battling atrial fibrillation (AFib). Abbott will soon begin ...

After claiming its approval in Europe earlier this year, Abbott has secured the FDA’s go-ahead for its Volt pulsed field ablation system for irregular heart rhythms, a step forward in an | With the U.

April 10 (UPI) --Recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone catheter heart ablation may be reduced by treating gum disease within three months of the procedure, new Japanese ...