The long-awaited U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) ...
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.
April 28, 2015 — Researchers from Johns Hopkins performing sophisticated motion studies of heart magnetic resonance ...
April 28, 2015
April 9, 2015 — Medtronic plc announced the first patient enrollment in the GOLD AF Registry, a prospective ...
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March 27, 2015 — Patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation were less likely to experience death ...
March 27, 2015
Learn about the trends and new technology in electrophysiology (EP) in an interview with David Wilber, M.D., editor of ...
March 25, 2015
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell shares his picks of the most interesting new devices and advances in cardiovascular technology ...
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For over a decade, the cardiac cryoablation industry has seen little in the way of technological advancements. Yet ...
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March 24, 2015
March 23, 2015 — AtriCure Inc. announced that it has launched the availability of its cryoICE cryo ablation probe (CRYO2 ...
March 23, 2015
March 18, 2015 — New study results from The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) show the addition of surgical ...
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In the United States, the options currently available for cardiac ablation use thermal mechanisms to ablate tissue and ...
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March 16, 2015 — Boston Scientific Corp. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Watchman ...
March 16, 2015March 13, 2015 — AtriCure Inc. announced the first two patients in the Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) ...
March 13, 2015
March 11, 2015 — A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins cardiologist and biomedical engineer Hiroshi Ashikaga, M.D ...
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When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
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March 9, 2015 — Nearly all women and people over 65 in the United States with atrial fibrillation are advised to take bl ...
March 09, 2015
March 6, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched version 2.0 of their Guideline Clinical App. With ...
March 06, 2015February 24, 2015 — Daiichi Sankyo and the Heart Rhythm Society announced results from a global survey, which polled ...
February 24, 2015