There is increased risk for atrial fibrillation in patients with implanted devices exposed to hot outdoor temperatures.

Drinking more than four cups of coffee per day may help prevent cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation, while ...

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to expand the ...

Just a dozen patients have undergone the new treatment that uses electrical pulses to target problem areas inside the heart.

During ablation, a catheter is fed into the heart through the groin area using a minimally invasive approach and delivers heat or cold to modify the tissues in the heart that are causing the ...

Pulsed field ablation (PFA). PFA stands out from traditional atrial fibrillation (AFib) treatments due to its precision and safety. Unlike radiofrequency or cryoablation, which use heat or cold to ...

This study, conducted in Switzerland, included 210 patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who were randomized 1:1 to PFA or cryoablation from September 2022 to November 2023.

VIENNA, Austria— For patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), pulsed-field ablation with the Farapulse system (Boston Scientific) is as good as—and borderline better than—a cryoballoon for ...

The FDA is elevating a recall from Boston Scientific covering its cryoablation balloon catheters for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. | No hardware is being removed from use—instead, the ...

It joins radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cryoablation as the preferred treatments for atrial fibrillation. "I think the safety profile of PFA is significantly better," Uradu said.

The affected devices are used in catheter-based ablation procedures for treating atrial fibrillation. Boston Scientific confirmed that while the devices are not being removed from the market ...

New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small hole in the heart) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing ...