“An ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that we perform in the catheterization laboratory,” Dr. Lakshmanadoss explains. “We use heat or cold to burn or freeze the areas of heart tissue that cause AFib. With proper and timely treatment, patients can see their energy levels restored.”...
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is an abnormal heart rhythm caused by erratic electrical signals in the heart. Atrial fibrillation is a progressive disease that worsens.
When medications and nonsurgical procedures have failed, or in cases where people need heart surgery for other reasons, people with AFib may need surgery. When a surgeon uses a scalpel or laser to destroy the part of the heart’s electrical system that can cause AFib, it’s called a maze ...
A cardiac ablation is a procedure where a surgeon uses electrodes to destroy/ablate tissues that are causing heart arrhythmia. The tricky part is getting the electrodes into the heart. To do this, doctors use catheters. Catheters are a thin, flexible, plastic used for several medical procedures...
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a type of heart disorder that can cause an abnormally high heart rate. The best type of treatment that is recommended for a patient is based on their symptoms. Treatment options of AFib include lifestyle changes, medications
for the purposes of a [pulmonary vein antrum isolation] tool. And then I think every one of the players in the field is also going to have a point-by-point offering because even if you do all your AFib ablation, you still have 50% of all ablations done on Earth that are not AFib...
it is tempting to hypothesize that the prevention and aggressive treatment of these pathogenic mechanisms may be beneficial for AF patients. Interestingly, in a randomized trial, patients with restored sinus rhythm after AF ablation had significantly lower rates of dementia, compared to those who remai...
Atrial fibrillation (Afib) and ventricular fibrillation (Vfib) are both a type of abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Atrial fibrillation is caused by irregular electrical impulses in the atria and ventricular fibrillation is caused by irregular electric
Cardiac ablation is one example. This minimally invasive procedure delivers energy through a catheter to correct an irregular heartbeat in patients with heart conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib). During cardiac ablation, a small flexible tube (a.k.a. catheter) is inserted into a vein in ...
2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design: a report of the heart rhythm society (HRS) task force...