DUBLIN, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced that the primary results of the Medtronic-sponsored STOP AF First clinical ...

Dr. Hugh Calkins answers the question: 'Atrial Fibrillation vs. Atrial Flutter?' — -- Question: My doctor told me I sometimes have atrial fibrillation and at other times have atrial flutter. What ...

PFA was noninferior to cryoablation for first recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Tissue-selective energy delivery and short application times offer ...

When your electrical system is working normally, the two upper chambers of the heart (atria) contract and pump blood into the two lower chambers (ventricles) in a well-coordinated way. This results in ...

Boston Scientific has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) system for the isolation of pulmonary veins in the treatment of ...

BARCELONA, Spain—Real-world data on a new pulsed-field catheter ablation system for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) suggest that roughly four out of every five patients will be free from AF, ...

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 ...

Just months after FDA approval, Johnson & Johnson paused the rollout of its Varipulse pulsed field ablation (PFA) platform in the U.S. due to safety reasons. In a U.S. external evaluation cohort, four ...

DelveInsight’s “Atrial Flutter Market Insights, Epidemiology, and Market Forecast-2032″ report offers an in-depth understanding of the Atrial Flutter, historical and forecasted epidemiology as well as ...

The 12-lead ECG remains the gold standard of diagnosing AF. 8 The ECG will be positive for lack of a p-wave, an oscillatory baseline wave with varying amplitudes, irregular rhythm, and the classic ...