September 14, 2015 — Texas Heart Institute (THI) announced that it has received a prestigious American Heart Association ...
Atrial Fibrillation
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, also referred to as AF or afib. AF is a cardiac arrhythmia caused by irregular and often rapid heart rate. It is caused by the upper chambers (the atria) beating irregularly and uncoordinated with the lower ventricle chambers of of the heart. Symptoms include weakness with heart palpitations and shortness of breath. The conditional can lead to an increased risk of stroke and heart failure. AF episodes can cause the blood in the atria to stagnate and form clots, usually within the left atrial appendage (LAA). The clots can flow to the brain and cause a stroke. Treatments include anticoagulation therapy to dissolve clots, catheter or surgical ablation and LAA occlusion.
September 10, 2015 — AliveCor Inc. announced significant milestones related to patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) ...
September 1, 2015 — The first-ever two-year outcomes from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the Field - Atrial ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
August 10, 2015 — The Technology Partnership (TTP), a U.K.-based research and product development company, has made ...
August 5, 2015 — Boehringer Ingelheim announced the first U.S. patients have been enrolled in two of the company's ...
August 4, 2015 — Triple therapy is no better than dual antiplatelet therapy in preventing major adverse cardiac events ...
For over a decade, the cardiac cryoablation industry has seen little in the way of technological advancements. Yet ...
July 20, 2015 - A new study proves race and gender-related disparities exist in care for patients who have recently been ...
July 13, 2015 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers and patients about reports ...
July 1, 2015 - Medtronic has acquired CardioInsight Technologies Inc., a Cleveland-based medical device company that has ...
In the United States, the options currently available for cardiac ablation use thermal mechanisms to ablate tissue and ...
July 1, 2015 - SentreHeart Inc. announced that it has received approval for an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) ...
June 30, 2015 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Society for Cardiovascular ...
June 11, 2015 - C. Dorn Smith, M.D., vascular surgeon in Kingstree, South Carolina, was successful in using a new device ...
When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
There were several technology takeaway messages for the future of electrophysiology (EP) at the Heart Rhythm Society ...
May 21, 2015 — Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its development partner Bayer HealthCare announced results from the ...
May 20, 2015 — A study presented at Heart Rhythm 2015 found that botulinum toxin (botox) injections into epicardial fat ...