Our new Volt PFA catheter, currently being used in clinical trials in Australia, was designed to advance ablation for AFib and help treat more patients faster and more effectively. Let’s dive deeper into how that design helps with the job at hand. ...
Not Much Two decades ago, a team of doctors from Bordeaux, France, sparked a flurry of excitement in electrophysiology when they showed that ablation might deliver an easy fix for atrial fibrillation (AF).[1] This month, a patient asked me what was new in the treatment of AF. I paused ...
the number of people with AFib is projected to increase by up to 70 percent.2Given those projections, physicians are looking for innovative ways to improve the safety, efficacy and efficiency of procedures and deliver better outcomes for their patients. PFA has the potentia...
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Evidence of previous bilaterally-infected pectoral tissue was present in 3 patients (21.5%). All procedures were successful (100%) and electrical parameters remained stable over time. No direct pacemaker-related adverse events were reported, including mechanical complications, except for one ventricular ...
In trying to decide who to should receive the new drugs, Camm pointed out that they all had very short half-lives, which will be hazardous if patients are noncompliant. And renal function is another key factor that needs to be taken into account. ...
“Cardiac Surgical Procedures”[Mesh] OR cardiac surg*[ti] OR after cardiac surgery[tiab] OR coronary artery bypass[ti] OR cabg[ti] OR coronary artery surgery[ti] OR heart valve*[ti] OR mitral valve*[ti] OR aortic valve*[ti]) AND (“Atrial Fibrillation”[Mesh] OR afib[ti] OR “a...
optimal timing between the administration of PRADAXA and neuraxial procedures is not known Monitor patients frequently for signs and symptoms of neurological impairment. If neurological compromise is noted, urgent treatment is necessary. Consider the benefits and risks before neuraxial intervention in patient...
LOS ANGELES — New guidelines for the management of acute stroke include selection criteria for patients to receive mechanical endovascular thrombectomy up to 24 hours after their stroke. The guidelines are timely because there has been "a sweeping change" in the management of acute stroke since ...
Another portion of the document addresses the management of AFib in different scenarios, such as patients who have developedheartattacks. Ad "AFib patients are put on blood thinners to prevent stroke. When we need to perform procedures like a coronary angioplasty to open up any blockage in the ...