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

Other hot topics included new data on LAAO and conduction-system pacing, plus the go-ahead for ablation in ASCs.

LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is having a cardiac ablation during the offseason. It's a procedure to treat an irregular heart rhythm. The procedure involves creating tiny scars in the heart that then ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.

It is expected that within the next 20 years that 20 million-60 million people will get atrial fibrillation, usually just called AFib. People with AFib have a five-times increased risk of stroke ...

Irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia, can significantly affect a person’s quality of life and overall health. When medication and lifestyle changes are ineffective, doctors may recommend surgery to ...

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 ...

Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is as effective at reducing recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial tachycardia (AT) at 1-year, when compared to the current most widely used technique, ...

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Volt™ PFA System to treat patients battling atrial fibrillation (AFib). Abbott will soon begin ...

Surgical ablation reduces relative risks for ischemic stroke, stroke from any cause, but benefits uncertain for other outcomes. (HealthDay News) — For patients with atrial fibrillation, catheter ...

Thermedical®, a developer of advanced thermal-ablation technologies, today announced that the first patient has been treated ...