Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with a sham procedure, pulmonary vein isolation reduced atrial fibrillation burden at 6 months.

The upper pulmonary veins (PVs) are responsible for the majority of atrial fibrillation (AF) triggering foci, whereas the inferior PVs are more difficult to ablate and prone to postablation ostial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel catheter for very high-power short-duration ablation for pulmonary vein isolation reduced procedure time ...

For patients undergoing catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), cryoballoon and radiofrequency catheters are both effective in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). And the ...

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About The Study: Pulmonary vein isolation resulted in a statistically significant and clinically important decrease in atrial fibrillation burden at 6 months, with substantial improvements in symptoms ...

Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation ...

(UPDATED) A commonly used adjunct to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) doesn’t add any benefits for patients undergoing catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), the randomized CAPLA ...

The clinical benefits and safety of pulsed field ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation (Afib) appeared to span both sexes in real-world practice, according to a postapproval registry from Europe.