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Exploring Potential New Treatment for Ventricular Tachycardia

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milla1cf Wed, 06/19/2024 - 20:57 June 19, 2024 — When electrophysiologist Eugenio Cingolani, MD , isn’t seeing patients, he can usually be found in his laboratory, investigating improved treatments for heart rhythm disorders. This is a complex procedure that destroys the abnormal heart tissue that’s causing the rapid heartbeat.

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Boston Scientific Initiates AVANT GUARD Clinical Trial to Evaluate FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System as First-Line Treatment for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

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Outcomes of ablation with the FARAPULSE PFA System – a nonthermal treatment in which electric fields selectively ablate heart tissue – will be compared to outcomes following use of anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, which is commonly prescribed for patients living with persistent AF. The company now anticipates U.S.

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

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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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Volta Medical Enters into Joint Development Agreement with GE HealthCare to Support Electrophysiologists Treating Atrial Fibrillation

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The combined solutions are expected to enhance performance and streamline workflows for electrophysiologists during catheter ablation procedures to treat atrial fibrillation , AFib. Our mission to combat complex heart rhythm diseases relies on optimizing interoperability. The company has obtained U.S.