Heart doctors at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital this month celebrated their 500th procedure to help reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The milestone left atrial appendage ...
A brand new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation is now being offered at several hospitals across Colorado after UCHealth in Loveland successfully completed the first procedure in the state. c "Afib ...
Sentara Heart Hospital is leading the way in an innovative Atrial Fibrillation (AF) procedure for what is typically the most difficult to treat or persistent, forms of AF. This past week, surgeons and ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Today we are highlighting a life-saving milestone that has been reached at Corewell Health. Corewell Health physicians recently completed the one thousandth WATCHMAN ...
February is American Heart Month and in light of that, Bay Medical Sacred Heart has introduced a new A-Fib procedure that could potentially set it apart from other hospitals in the area. Approximately ...
Background Mechanical compression from the ascending aorta on the left atrial anterior wall (LAAW) can cause low voltage areas (LVAs), which are associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation ...
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — ECU Health is introducing a new procedure to treat Atrial Fibrillation. The procedure is called “Farapulse,” first performed on a patient at ECU Health about three weeks ago.
It's a heart condition that affects nearly 6 million people and yet many don't even know they have it -- atrial fibrillation, or AFib. There is a new 3-D procedure used to treat AFib, and Spectrum ...
AUSTIN, Texas – If you've ever had an X-ray, you've watched the tech personnel don a lead vest for protection from potentially harmful radiation. But that usually only takes a few seconds. Now imagine ...
The heart beats because of a set of electrical impulses. The myocardium or heart muscle contracts when the electrical signal arises from the sinoatrial node in the upper right chamber and passes to ...
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. A randomized trial suggests that avoiding coffee after cardioversion may not help, and that modest caffeine intake may actually be associated with fewer atrial ...