"We have long known that physicians and patients are dissatisfied with drug therapy for atrial fibrillation, so we pursued this study to find out if catheter ablation would provide moreeffective treatmentfor these patients," says Douglas Packer, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and the study's ...
A brand new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation is now being offered at several hospitals across Colorado after UCHealth in Loveland successfully completed the first procedure in the state. c "Afib is becoming an epidemic," said Dr. Amar Trivedi, clinical cardiac electrophysiologist for UCHealth...
Also, close to a third of people who have ablation will feel a new heart flutter. If medication doesn’t stop it, you may need a second ablation. Combining Ablation and Medication For many people with AFib, the best results are achieved by pairing ablation with medicine. Even if your AFib...
AF is the most common type of arrhythmia. There are approximately 2.3 million people in the United States who have AF, with 160,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Catheter ablation is a frequently used treatment for people with arrhythmias that can't be controlled by medication or with certai...