Irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia, can significantly affect a person’s quality of life and overall health. When medication and lifestyle changes are ineffective, doctors may recommend surgery to ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.

A minimally invasive heart procedure to correct irregular heart rhythms called catheter ablation may reduce the risk of stroke enough that some patients can discontinue blood thinners, according to a ...

In a world-first randomized study, catheter ablation has been shown to reverse heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in patients with both HFpEF and atrial fibrillation (AF). In the ...

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 ...

Boston Scientific leads the pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology market to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib). But it is by no means alone in its commitment to this relatively new way to treat some ...

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 ...

Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis) and Biosense Webster Inc. (Diamond Bar, CA), a Johnson & Johnson company, recently announced a strategic alliance designed to advance the care of patients with cardiac ...

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 ...