During cryoballoon ablation, your doctor guides a thin, flexible tube called a catheter from your groin to yourheart, and they use it to release and inflate a tiny balloon that freezes that area of your heart w
Mini maze.Most people with AFib don’t need open-heart surgery. That’s where this minimally invasive option comes in. You might hear it called Cox-Maze IV. This is also similar to ablation, but the doctor will make three or four small cuts in your side and put tubes, surgical tools,...
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a heart rhythm disorder that's on the rise in men now. Here's what to know about detecting and treating it.
Mini maze.Most people with AFib don’t need open-heart surgery. That’s where this minimally invasive option comes in. You might hear it called Cox-Maze IV. This is also similar to ablation, but the doctor will make three or four small cuts in your side and put tubes, surgical tools,...
"Treatment of atrial fibrillation has been rapidly evolving over the past two decades," Engelstein says. "The most effective treatment iscatheter ablation, a same-day, minimally invasive procedure that treats the source of AFib in the left upper chamber of the heart." ...