Sentences with phrase «of catheter ablation»

In a small proof - of - concept study, researchers at Johns Hopkins report a complex mathematical method to measure electrical communications within the heart can successfully predict the effectiveness of catheter ablation, the standard of care treatment for atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat disorder.

«The use of catheter ablation for AFL is very effective and can significantly reduce hospital visits and demand on health care services,» Marcus said.

«For the first time in a randomized study, the strategy of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation may be better than the current approach for these patients.

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Treatments include drugs to regulate the electrical pulses in the upper chambers of the heart and 3/4 increasingly 3/4 catheter ablation.

«Our study suggests that in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation is an effective alternative treatment that can help patients avoid or discontinue this drug to reduce the risk of these long - term side effects.»

The treatment, called catheter ablation, involves burning selected spots of tissue inside the heart with the tip of a catheter.

In the new study, 71 percent of patients treated with a surgical procedure called catheter ablation were free of atrial fibrillation, the study's primary endpoint, after two years of follow - up, while only 34 percent of patients who took the antiarrhythmic drug Amiodarone were free of symptoms at that point.

Di Biase said another limitation of the study is that not all hospitals have the experience and equipment necessary to properly perform catheter ablation.

«The pressure - sensing catheter can improve patient outcomes and the durability of ablation treatments,» Wilber said.

In addition to having a higher rate of freedom from atrial fibrillation, participants who underwent catheter ablation also had lower rates of hospitalization and mortality during the two - year follow up.

During the ablation process, a catheter is snaked through the patient's body to the site of abnormal heart cells.

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This study sought to create a measure of success for catheter ablation, so that physicians and patients could know immediately following treatment whether it was effective, or whether they'll need to anticipate another procedure in the future.

«Our study sought to create an accurate predictor and measure of success and we showed that if the procedure improved electrical communication in the heart immediately following catheter ablation, then it can be a read - out for longer term success.»

When drugs aren't effective for treating atrial fibrillation, cardiologists may use a procedure called catheter ablation to cauterize, or burn, the heart tissue that's the source of the electrical misfire.

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute initially set out to discover if catheter ablation reduces the long - term risk of atrial fibrillation and whether the patients» age at the time of the procedure affected their risk.

«Dr. Tung is a rising star in the field of arrhythmia management and catheter ablation,» said James Liao, MD, professor of medicine and section chief of cardiology at the University of Chicago.

Atrial fibrillation patients with a prior history of stroke who undergo catheter ablation to treat the abnormal heart rhythm lower their long - term risk of a recurrent stroke by 50 percent, according to new research from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

Located in New York, and as a former patient at the hospital, Cornell's Cardiology Companion Animal services provide, «a number of interventional therapies including, but not limited to, pacemaker implantation, occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus, balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic and subaortic stenosis, cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias.»

Dr Roberto Santilli and Dr Romain Pariaut performed a successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of a mid-septal accessory pathway maintaining a fast reciprocating tachycardia (> 300 bpm).

He is currently working on developing a cardiac electrophysiology laboratory to diagnose and treat via radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias.

# 300,000 for a man who suffered complete heart block, requiring the implantation of a permanent pacemaker, as a consequence of a negligently performed catheter ablation procedure.