Intracardiac ultrasound imaging from the left atrium may be useful to overcome some of these limitations and can facilitate imaging of both the esophagus and ablation catheter tip during lesion ...

AF was diagnosed 46 ± 14 months before ablation procedure ... patients, the esophagus was in contact with a PV orifice (Fig. 2B): 19 involved the left inferior pulmonary vein orifice, one ...

Devices already in inventory can be used with the updated instructions by doctors. Patients already treated don’t need to do ...

specifically atrio-esophageal fistula, after catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation. There have been seven reported injuries and four reports of death associated with the recall.

Pulsed field ablation (PFA), which uses shorts bursts ... procedure allows doctors to sever the pathways inside the pulmonary vein that cause atrial fibrillation. Urado and Stelzer use a catheter ...