American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When pulsed field ablation (PFA) achieved European CE mark approval in January 2021 and U. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in December 2023, it opened up the proverbial Pandora's Box for treating not only atrial fibrillation (AFib), but also ventricular arrhythmias.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Since the patient was stable and tolerating the arrhythmia it was decided to treat with IV Amiodarone for medical conversion. KEY Point: Nothing other than AFib with WPW results in a ventricular response this fast ( which is why Figure-2 is pathognomonic for AFib in a patient with WPW ). Smith : What do you think?

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DAIC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The first procedures were performed by Dr. David Newton , Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Memorial Health University Physicians Heart Care and Dr. Andrea Natale , Executive Medical Director at T exas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center.

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CardiacWire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Biosense Webster might be a later entry into the AFib pulsed field ablation segment, but new trial data presented at the AF Symposium suggests that the J&J subsidiary’s Varipulse PFA system could make a big impact when it does hit the market. of patients saw no atrial arrhythmia recurrence after 12 months.

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Ken Grauer, MD

MARCH 29, 2023

M y I MPRESSION : The rhythm in Figure -1 is almost certain to be very rapid AFib in a patient with WPW. NOTE #2: Surprisingly, it is not uncommon for patients in AFib with WPW to be hemodynamically stable — despite having exceedingly rapid ventricular rates. The resultant rhythm after cardioversion is shown in Figure-2.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 12/08/2023 - 08:17 December 8, 2023 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), along with several other leading medical associations, have issued a new guideline for preventing and optimally managing atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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AMS Cardiology

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Atrial fibrillation often shortened to AFib is an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to serious health complications. If you or someone you know is living with AFib, understanding the condition and how to prevent attacks is crucial. What Is AFib? How Do You Know If You Have AFib?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The patient was started on amiodarone, anticoagulation, and metoprolol, and scheduled for atrial flutter ablation. He underwent ablation in the EP Lab. Is longterm endurance-training a risk factor for AFib and AFlutter? == Why is Today's Initial Rhythm AFlutter?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

Therefore — the rhythm in ECG #1 is almost certain to be AFib ( A trial F ibrillation ) , seen here with a “rapid” ventricular response. Under normal conditions with AFib — the refractory period of the AV node does not allow more than 150-to-200 impulses/minute to be conducted to the ventricles.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

Patient was referred to electrophysiologic testing due to suspicion of afib and WPW. During electrophysiologic testing AVRT was induced, which degenerated to afib with ortho and antidromic conduction. Radiofrequency ablation was performed for a right sided posteroseptal bypass tract. Echocardiography was normal.

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Ken Grauer, MD

MARCH 12, 2023

What is unusual about this arrhythmia? Doing so suggests that the R-R interval of this exceedingly rapid arrhythmia is just a tiny amount over 1 large box — which corresponds to a ventricular rate just under 300/minute ( ie, between 290-300/minute ). The patient was referred for ablation of his AFlutter.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Medical treatment for heart failure was optimized and after a few days the patient was discharged with referral to VT ablation procedure. The patient also has a history of AFib and HFmrEF ( = H eart F ailure with M inimally- R educed E jection F raction ). After atrial rhythm/SR was restored the patient slowly improved.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Ablation to prevent recurrent flutter was performed. On the contrary — much ( if not most ) of the time, we begin arrhythmia treatment of a WCT before we know with 100% certainty what the rhythm is. Only AFib was induced during EP study. It emphasizes a series of KEY concepts in emergency arrhythmia diagnosis and management.

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DAIC

MAY 18, 2024

During its Annual Conference, HRS 2024, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) announced findings from three new studies demonstrating the safety and efficacy of pulsed field ablation (PFA), a nonthermal ablation treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). See full findings from the FARADISE, admIRE Study, and Advent Trial here.

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DAIC

JULY 24, 2024

Volta Medical has announced it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with GE Healthcare to enhance arrhythmia procedures with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electrophysiology technologies. 1 Approximately 33 million patients worldwide are living with AFib.

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DAIC

MARCH 28, 2024

a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTec h i , announced the submission of the VARIPULSE Platform for Premarket Approval Application (PMA) to the U.S. 1,ii For patients who had received ablation, median procedure and fluoroscopy times were 90.0 Food & Drug Administration ( FDA ).

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

An international consensus statement on how to treat atrial fibrillation with catheter or surgical ablation has been published in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and was recently presented at EHRA 2024, a scientific congress held April 7-9 in Berlin, Germany. Image courtesy: European Society of Cardiology.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 02/02/2024 - 17:18 February 2, 2024 — GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) announces the latest innovation in electrophysiology (EP), the Prucka 3 with CardioLab EP Recording system, to help clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. million people in the United States by 2050 and 17.9 million in Europe by 2060.

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DAIC

JUNE 19, 2024

By 1909 ECGs were being used to diagnose cases of arrhythmia; by 1910 to diagnose indicators of a heart attack. Another vendor to watch in this space is Israeli start-up CardiaCare, currently developing a ‘world-first’ closed-loop, neuromodulation wearable for the non-invasive treatment for AFib.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2023

WPW Cardiac arrhythmias ( especially AFib ). Unless there is a dramatic response to being put back on beta-blocker therapy — consideration of S eptal R eduction T herapy ( SRT ) , in the form of either surgical myomectomy or alcohol septal ablation, performed at a center with experience in this area may soon be needed.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Furthermore, it includes the latest recommendations which specifically address AF and thromboembolic risk assessment, anticoagulation, left atrial appendage occlusion, AF catheter or surgical ablation, and risk factor modification and AF prevention. As such, the Class of Recommendation for catheter ablation has been upgraded.

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DAIC

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With this approval, Medtronic now offers two PFA technologies available for patients with Afib. With this approval, Medtronic now offers two PFA technologies available for patients with Afib. With a short learning curve for experienced physicians, the possibilities are boundless for the treatment of Afib," said Vivek Reddy, M.D.,

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

JANUARY 1, 2025

Top 10 Clinical Trials Preventive PCI on Stenosis With Functionally Insignificant Vulnerable Plaque PREVENT (ACC.24) 24) Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in Patients With HF FINEARTS-HF (ESC Congress 2024 and AHA 2024) Randomized Evaluation of Decreased Usage of Beta-Blockers After AMI REDUCE-AMI (ACC.24)

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