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Boston Scientific Receives FDA Approval for FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has granted approval to Boston Scientific for its FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System. intermittent) atrial fibrillation (AF) and is a unique new alternative to standard-of-care thermal ablation treatment. said Nick Spadea-Anello, president, Electrophysiology, Boston Scientific. "The

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Abbott Announces First Global Procedures in a Clinical Trial of its Volt Pulsed Field Ablation System to Treat Patients with Abnormal Heart Rhythms

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milla1cf Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:21 January 18, 2024 — Abbott announced the first global procedures have been conducted using the company's new Volt Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System to treat patients battling common abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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Novel cryoballoon technology for atrial fibrillation ablation: Impact of pulmonary vein variant anatomy, cooling characteristics, and 1-year outcome from the CHARISMA registry

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No data have been reported on cooling characteristics and the impact of variant pulmonary vein (PV) anatomy on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrences after POLARx cryoballoon (CB) ablation.

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Characteristics of anatomical difficulty for cryoballoon ablation: insights from CT

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We conducted a comprehensive systematic analysis on procedural success rate, atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence rate and complications of cryoballoon ablation in association with the anatomy of the left atrium and PV based on preprocedural CT to gain insights into proper treatments of patients with AF using cryoballoon.

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in the Northeast to Adopt Advanced Robotic Technology for Heart Treatment

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Robotic Magnetic Navigation introduces the benefits of robotic precision and safety to cardiac ablation, a common minimally invasive procedure to treat arrhythmias. With unmatched accuracy, we can tailor treatments to each patient's unique anatomy, enhancing safety and efficacy.” “We

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PO-06-159 RAPID LEFT ATRIAL ANATOMICAL RENDERING AND PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION USING A NOVEL CONFORMABLE “SINGLE-SHOT” PULSED FIELD ABLATION CATHETER

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“Single-shot” pulsed field ablation (PFA) catheters are challenged by the need for serial re-positioning and rotation, difficulties with easily accommodating varying PV anatomies, and the need for a second catheter to perform electroanatomical mapping.

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PO-03-128 INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE USING A NOVEL EXPANDABLE CRYOBALLOON CATHETER FOR ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH A LEAD-FREE ZERO FLUOROSCOPY APPROACH

HeartRhythm

Device adaptability for a wide-range of patient anatomies becomes an important feature as cryoballoon ablation (CBA) is now first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF).