Atrial fibrillation, a rapid and irregular heartbeat, is putting a growing number of Americans at risk of heart failure and stroke, and in turn dramatically increasing the clinical and financial ...

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Pulmonary-vein isolation is an effective treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a nonthermal ablation method with few adverse effects beyond the myocardium. Data ...

Neumann, 2008 11 59 12 months Maintenance of sinus rhythm in 74% of patients with paroxysmal AF and 42% of those with persistent AF Hoyt, 2005 12 Not reported 6 months Of 29 with immediately ...

For patients undergoing catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), cryoballoon and radiofrequency catheters are both effective in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). And the ...

Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is as effective at reducing recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial tachycardia (AT) at 1-year, when compared to the current most widely used technique, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulsed field ablation was noninferior to thermal ablation for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

A five-variable nomogram including PR interval and atrial flow predicts atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoballoon ablation. Learn more here.

Boston Scientific has put forward pivotal clinical data from a head-to-head trial showing its pulsed field ablation approach for treating an irregular heartbeat can operate on par with traditional ...

A search of the BCBSA Technology Evaluation Center website did not find any assessment on cryoablation for atrial fibrillation. The CA ACC was invited to provide an opinion on this technology and to ...