A minimally invasive heart procedure may be a better first-line treatment than medication for people living with advanced ...

A major clinical trial has found Boston Scientific’s Farapulse pulsed-field ablation system significantly more effective than medication for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation who had not ...

Guidelines recommend a trial of antiarrhythmic drugs before catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. Whether pulsed field ablation (PFA) may be a preferred initial treatment is ...

A major international trial has found that pulsed-field catheter ablation offers superior outcomes to antiarrhythmic drugs for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. One year after treatment, ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most prevalent form of cardiac arrhythmia, affecting a significant portion of the global population. Often marked by irregular and rapid heartbeats, AFib presents a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib is the leading cause of stroke. The American Heart Association says five million Americans currently have AFib, with an additional 12 million ...

Dr. Deephak Swaminath and his team at Medical Center Hospital were the first in West Texas to use the Pulse Select PFA (pulsed field ablation) system. Pulse Select PFA is an emerging and newer, ...

In the U.S., the incidence of atrial fibrillation, the most common arrhythmia in the world, has more than doubled since 2010, increasing from 5 million to 10.5 million. Each year, 250,000 new cases ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Highlighting the progress of health care in southern Nevada is a top priority for me. New AFib treatment for Nevada patients Now, I'm learning how local doctors are the first in the ...

Despite being the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a condition that often goes undiagnosed and/or untreated. The condition, which often accompanies other health ...

One in four…that’s how common atrial fibrillation, also know as AFib is. AFib is a common cause of stroke. Those are scary numbers. But treating, even fixing AFib is getting less scary as technology ...