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Approximately 6 million U.S. adults have been diagnosed with AFib, a condition characterized by a rapid and irregular heart beat that can cause serious complications, including stroke and early death. The majority of these patients take warfarin because left untreated, AFib can cause life-threatenin...
increasing a patient's risk of stroke. Clinicians can use medication and therapies to help reset the heart rhythm, but some patients have AFib that persists and worsens. Ablationtherapyhas been used for about two decades to treat these patients, but pulsed field ablation uses a different...
What is ablation for AFib? A heart procedure that helps steady an irregular heartbeat that affects millions of people. Here’s the latest in ablation technology.
Heart Rhythm 2023, the Heart Rhythm Society’s annual meeting, taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 19-21. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) represents a new chapter in treating atrial fibrillation (AFib), utilizing a controlled electric field – instead of thermal energy...
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AFib experience episodes of abnormally high heart rate most often accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, and weakness. While these episodes, known as atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (AFib-RVR), may be treated by oral calcium channel blockers and/or beta...
It is a novel calcium channel blocker nasal spray under clinical development for frequent and often highly symptomatic episodes of PSVT and AFib-RVR. It is designed as a self-administered rapid response therapy for patients thereby bypassing the need for immediate medical oversight. If approved, ...
“Accuracy and precision in mapping the heart when treating cardiac arrhythmias are critical for electrophysiologists, and therefore, our patients,” continued Dr. Di Biase. “The CARTO ELEVATE™ Module raises the bar for electro-anatomical mapping systems used in catheter abl...
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