a common cardiovascular procedure, appears no more effective than drug therapy to prevent strokes, deaths and other complications in patients with atrial fibrillation. But patients who receive catheter ablation experience much greater symptom relief and ...
Researchers followed 97 patients who had undergone the non-surgical procedure to correct AFib (radiofrequency catheter ablation) and received treatment forgum inflammation, along with 191 ablation patients who did not receive treatment for gum disease. Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses radiofre...
If your atrial fibrillation is well controlled, or corrected with a heart procedure, you may not have any life-changing symptoms from your AFib. Some people with chronic AFib need to be maintained on medications and blood thinners for the rest of their lives. The side effects of these medicat...
Other methods of converting AFib to a normal rhythm include electrical cardioversion and rate control therapy. Electrical cardioversion is a procedure used by doctors to convert an abnormal rhythm (such as AFib) to a normal rhythm (sinus rhythm). Electrical cardioversion requires the administration of...
In some cases, surgery on your heart may be needed to treat your AFib. The Maze procedure is a type of surgery where small cuts are placed in the upper chamber of the heart (atria) to help the conduction of electricity to be regular. This procedure may also be done through small incisi...
Blockages in your arteries from CAD may require a procedure to reduce or remove them to get your blood flow back to normal. You’ll be sedated for these procedures, which include: Coronary artery bypass surgery.In this procedure, a surgeon takes an artery or vein from another part of your...
An invasive procedure, with risks that include: Cardiac tamponade Perforation Thrombus formation Performed when a diagnosis is expected to influence the management (e.g., amyloidosis ) and the information provided outweighs the risks Right heart ( pulmonary artery ) catheterization:[2,6,13] ...
Evidently some of the surgeons start out like that before the actual procedure begins, just to lighten the mood. It makes sense. But the technician got the needle in the first try with the ultrasound machine, and Ben said he didn’t even feel it! Now if that had been me, I would’...
Would it surprise you to learn that this procedure brings in more money to metropolitan hospitals than does any other type of care? In many cases bypass surgery accounts for30 to 40 percent of a hospital's total income."– Stephen Cherniske (DHEA Breakthrough, 1996) ...
If you have a sick sinus syndrome, your heart's natural pacemaker doesn't work, so you may need surgery to implant apermanent pacemakerinto your chest. Leadless pacemakers are now available that your surgeon can insert with a minimally invasive procedure. These pacemakers are very small, and ...