CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to less bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation ...

During February's "American Heart Month," doctors at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, are raising awareness ...

Fundamentally, there are three techniques that can be employed to minimize the likelihood of esophageal injury during RF ablation at the posterior left atrium: (1) avoidance of any RF ablation ...

You already had a catheter ablation to stop AFib, but your cardiologist is correctly ... It blocks the LAA (a small area ...

with this earliest site localized to the mid-septal morphologic left atrium. Ablation at this site successfully abolished the AVNRT, without affecting AV nodal conduction. It is unknown whether or ...

Diagnosing a left atrial appendage thrombus ― which ... and the patient’s personal preference. In practice, atrial flutter ablation is commonly utilized in typical atrial flutter, as the ...

Pulmonary vein ablation, or even extensive left and right atrial ablation, can succeed in removing triggers of AF at a certain point of time, but is unlikely to guarantee freedom from AF in the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. ( NEWS10) — A new device is transforming the type of treatment some heart patients with atrial fibrillation receive. Doctors say it’s safer to use and improving outcomes for those who ...

AFib, a common rhythm disorder, increases the risk of stroke. In asymptomatic people, the most important goal is managing ...

Left atrial myxomas are relatively common and occur ... Pulmonary vein stenosis after attempted radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation can also occur, and this may mimic mitral stenosis ...