At UPMC, our specialists use AFib ablation to treat symptoms that have not responded to medications. This procedure can restore the heart to a normal rhythm.
take several weeks for the work done during your procedure to turn into scar tissue. You might not have a normal heartbeat until the scar tissue forms. Your heartarrhythmiacould seem the same or worse until then. In all, it takes about 3 months to find out how much your ablation helped...
In this study of first-time paroxysmal AFib ablation procedures, a patient’s gender did not impact rate of clinical success, arrhythmia recurrence, or overall safety. Data did show females were older, held a higher CHADS-Vasc score, and experienced a higher percentage of left...
Results from a new clinical trial found overweight and obese patients with persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) who lose weight prior to a catheter ablation procedure have improved clinical outcomes. The study, led by researchers with UHealth—the University of Miami Health System and t...
Therefore, continuous AF monitoring could have a beneficial clinical impact by allowing the identification of AF in patients with post-ablation chronic AF or pharmacological cardioversion, for example. Our study is the first comprehensive demonstration of a DL approach to perform classification across a...
Since the development of cryo-energy for surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation, the procedure has become safer and more effective as concomitant to coronary or valve surgery. However, it is still only performed in a fraction these cases when indicated, and less often in patients undergoing ...
An ablation procedure isn't cheap, says Ciuffo, sometimes costing as much as a new car. The cost of cardiac imaging typically performed before the ablation procedure is a fraction of the cost of the procedure. Although the risk of complication is small, about 6 percent withablation, there is...