Healio

LAA ablation may raise risk for stroke, TIA

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, those who had left ...
Heart

Catheter ablation and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: a target trial emulation

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure ...
TCTMD

Ablation May Beat Drugs for Reducing Dementia Risk in AF Patients

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the long-term risk of dementia is lower among those who undergo catheter ablation rather than receiving antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) ...

Bay County father finds relief from AFib through ablation procedure

Pulsed field ablation offers high success rate for irregular heart rhythms ...
Healio

Delays in ablation after AF diagnosis increase mortality risk

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A delay in time to catheter ablation after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis is associated with increased ...
Medscape

Pulsed Field Ablation Bests Meds as First-Line Treatment for Persistent AF in Randomized Trial

Treatment success with pulsed field ablation was higher at 1 year than with antiarrhythmic drug therapy for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
Renal & Urology News

A-Fib Catheter Ablation Cuts Risk for Ischemic Stroke After 30 Days, Mortality, Heart Failure Hospitalization

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 ...
News Medical

Catheter ablation linked to lower risk of dementia in all patients with atrial fibrillation

Previous studies have shown a link between catheter ablation and a lower risk of dementia and premature death for patients with atrial fibrillation. This procedure involves a flexible wire that is ...
TCTMD

Preventive VT Ablation Before ICD Helps High-risk Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients

BERLIN, Germany—Performing ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation before placement of a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) had a clinical benefit in a selected group of ...
Medscape

Mortality Risk One in 1000 for Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of AF

May 6, 2009 (Milan, Italy) — Roughly one patient in 1000 will die from complications caused by the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), with the most common cause of death being tamponade, ...
Nature

Multimodality radiotherapy and androgen ablation in the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer: early results in high risk patients

In patients presenting with clinically localized prostate cancer, the risk of biochemical failure increases significantly with higher Gleason scores, prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, and ...
WebMD

What Is Whole-Gland Ablation for Prostate Cancer?

If you are diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, you usually have three treatment choices: monitoring (called active surveillance), surgery, or radiation therapy. Whole-gland ablation is an ...