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2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Circulation

Recommendations from the “2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” and the “2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” have been updated with new evidence to guide clinicians.

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ECG Blog #371 — Palpitations Since Childhood.

Ken Grauer, MD

A left-sided lateral wall AP was found on EP study — and successfully ablated. In addition — knowing the AP location helps in planning the EP study procedure, as well as in patient discussion — since risks of catheter ablation and likely success rates are based in part on localization of the AP.

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Biosense Webster Announces CE Mark approval in Europe for VARIPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) Platform

DAIC

a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech , today announced European CE mark approval of the VARIPULSE Platform for the treatment of symptomatic drug refractory recurrent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ( AF ) using pulsed field ablation (PFA). iii] The study reported a low fluoroscopy time of 7.8

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Abstract 4141439: Catheter ablation and clinical outcomes among older Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Background:Catheter ablation (CA) is increasingly used for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4141439-A4141439, November 12, 2024. However, CA has not been widely adopted in the older population with AF.

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ACC/AHA Release Updated 2023 Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

These new guidelines provide necessary updates to both the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and the 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

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Chest pain and anterior ST depression. What’s the cause(s)?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

3] So a patient with WPW can have the pattern induced by ischemia, and there is also a report of a patient with pre-existing WPW which was “ablated” by myocardial infarction after an LAD occlusion.[4] CMAJ 2014. Electrocardiography in the patient with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: diagnostic and initial therapeutic issues.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Scott Rankin Associations Between Surgical Ablation and Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Procedures The Annals of Thoracic Surgery June 2018 A. Chris Malaisrie Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery June 2018 J.