Laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins similarly improve patients' quality of life, whereas foam sclerotherapy has less of an effect, a randomized trial shows. In addition, of the three ...

Medications are the first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation, or A-fib. When they begin to fail, one option is ablation.

The heart is at the center of a complex electrical system. Just like any machine, sometimes the system does not always work correctly. There may be a short circuit. This could lead to an abnormal or ...

NFL players, coaches and staff put their bodies on the line every season. They sacrifice health, time, energy and more for a chance to win a Super Bowl. When that season eventually comes to an end, it ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A-fib ablation may be more successful in morbidly obese patients who first undergo bariatric surgery, a retrospective study suggests. Recurrence of the arrhythmia an average of 3 ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation who received ablation while they were already undergoing surgery to correct a leaky heart valve had fewer episodes of atrial fibrillation a year later compared to ...

The armamentarium of minimally invasive surgery is enriched with a new tissue ablation technique that employs the finding that reversible electroporation electric pulses, a mainstay tool of 22nd ...

Cryoballoon ablation, a procedure in which a liquid nitrogen-filled balloon is inserted to freeze heart tissue responsible for atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, is more successful as an ...

London, United Kingdom – 2 September 2024: A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and ...

If medications and lifestyle changes are still not improving your atrial fibrillation symptoms, it may be time to consider a surgical option. Cardiovascular surgeon Jared Bunch, MD, discusses cardiac ...

The recent findings revealed no statistically significant difference in 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) between women who underwent microwave ablation and women who underwent conventional ...