August 3, 2011 (Bad Krozingen, Germany) — Two recently published studies are raising concerns within the electrophysiology community about the risks of silent cerebral thromboembolic events in ...

Although there is nearly universal consensus on endoscopic ablation of BE for high-grade dysplasia (HGD), the evidence supporting it for low-grade dysplasia (LGD) has been mixed. LGD decision-making ...

The absolute rate is still below 0.5%, in line with prior ablation studies, but the issue warrants monitoring, a researcher ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Circulatory Systems Devices advisory panel voted against the Medtronic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medtronic announced the FDA approved its temperature-controlled, irrigated radiofrequency ablation system with ...

In patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (A-fib) undergoing high frequency radiofrequency (RF) ablation, remote ischemic preconditioning appears to counteract platelet activation elicited by ...

Medtronic has moved to acquire EPIX Therapeutics and its catheter-based cardiac ablation system with plans to offer it alongside its own products and build out what the company describes as a ...

BOSTON -- Individuals with atrial fibrillation (Afib) who had undergone radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation were significantly less likely to develop clinically relevant cognitive impairment than ...

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, ...