About The Study: Among patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, linear ablation combined with ethanol infusion of the vein of Marshall in addition to pulmonary vein isolation significantly ...

CardioFocus announced that investigators completed the first series of treatments in a study of its OptiShot pulsed-field ...

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 ...

The first-in-human trial is taking place at Na Homolce hospital in Prague, Czechia, and will treat up to 50 patients.

More information: Caihua Sang et al, Pulmonary Vein Isolation With Optimized Linear Ablation vs Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone for Persistent AF, JAMA (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.24438 ...

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

In the study, "Pulmonary Vein Isolation With Optimized Linear Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone for Persistent AF: The PROMPT-AF Randomized Clinical Trial," published in JAMA, a cohort ...

This patient did not experience any atrial fibrillation and was cured by a "focal" ablation in the region of bipole no. 4. Electrogram recordings in a patient with a focal pulmonary vein (PV ...

studied 629 consecutive patients referred for catheter ablation of AF from November ... therefore, undergo pulmonary vein isolation following slow-pathway modification. After a mean follow-up ...

Despite the introduction of tools that facilitate ablation based on anatomy, pulmonary vein electrical isolation is the cornerstone of AF ablation and is essential to the success of the procedure ...

Pulsed field ablation (PFA), which uses shorts bursts of high energy to neutralize abnormal heart tissue, was approved by the ...

CardioFocus, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to advancing ablation treatment for cardiac arrhythmias, today ...