The case for early rhythm control, achieved by ablation or cardioversion, in most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is mechanistically stronger with a new study suggesting the strategy can ...

Maze surgery, or surgical ablation, is a procedure commonly recommended to treat an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) when other methods such as medication, cardioversion therapy (electric ...

At 1 year, nearly 80% of patients with atrial fibrillation treated with an FDA-approved spherical pulsed field ablation catheter had no arrhythmia recurrence.

Left atrial (LA) thrombus is not infrequently found in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter who have been taking oral anticoagulation continuously for at least 3 weeks, a meta-analysis ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In the next two decades, up to 60 million people will get atrial fibrillation or A-fib. It doesn’t always show symptoms but people with it have a five-times increased risk of a ...

Convergent hybrid ablation is an innovative treatment for a type of irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AFib). The treatment is a two-stage procedure that combines the expertise of our ...

Cardioversion is a medical procedure to correct a heartbeat that is irregular or too fast. It can involve risks and side effects but is generally safe and effective. Doctors primarily use ...

Compared with medical therapy, rhythm control with catheter ablation is associated with lower risk of ischemic stroke after 30 days, as well as less mortality and heart failure (HF) hospitalization, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After atrial fibrillation ablation, dronedarone was associated with lower risk for recurrent hospitalizations ...

Following ablation for AF, GLP-1 agonist therapy is associated with decreased risk for AF recurrence in patients with type 2 diabetes. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonist use is ...