Ochsner Health has rolled out a new cardiac ablation treatment method for patients in the Gulf South diagnosed with electrophysiology and heart rhythm conditions linked to atrial fibrillation (AFib).

Catheter ablation significantly reduces cardiovascular risks and mortality in patients with both atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea. The study involved over 18,000 patients, showing a ...

Successful catheter ablation resulted in a low risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular heart rhythm, according to an international study. Researchers said these ...

If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...

A new ablation technology known as pulsed field ablation was successful at eliminating episodes of abnormal heart rhythms for 12 months in up to two-thirds of patients, according to a study being ...

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Dealing with both type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation made it twice as difficult for Matt Jewell to live a healthy lifestyle. Medicine to control his abnormal heart rhythm slowed down his heart ...

Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation (AFib) are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one ...

April 10 (UPI) --Recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone catheter heart ablation may be reduced by treating gum disease within three months of the procedure, new Japanese ...

A look back at more than 18,400 patients with atrial fibrillation found that those who underwent a cardiac ablation procedure had less than half the risk of going on to develop heart failure compared ...

If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...

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, ...