LONDON, England—The impact of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)—the mainstay of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF)—should not be attributed to placebo effects, according to the SHAM-PVI trial ...

As effective as catheter ablation can be for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), the procedure that aims for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has met much less success in those with ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Marshall-Plan ablation strategy improved arrhythmia recurrence vs. pulmonary vein isolation only for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PARIS — Both noninferiority and superiority could not be established when pulmonary vein isolation alone was ...

In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), standard treatment with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ablation resulted in similar outcomes to more extensive ablation in other areas of the ...

At 1 year, nearly 80% of patients with atrial fibrillation treated with an FDA-approved spherical pulsed field ablation ...

The recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after catheter ablation occurs in 11% to 41% of patients. 1 A recent study by Masuda and colleagues 2 reports that the presence of left atrial low-voltage ...

An innovative three-step ablation approach including ethanol infusion of the vein of Marshall improves freedom from arrhythmias in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation compared to pulmonary ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Targeting electrical "rotors" in the heart during ablation actually impaired the success of radiofrequency ablation for persistent or long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ...

Sophia Antipolis, France – 28 Aug 2021: Image-guided fibrosis ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) does not improve ablation success rates compared to PVI alone in patients with ...