DAIC
MARCH 27, 2025
tim.hodson Thu, 03/27/2025 - 12:18 March 27, 2025 Abbott recently announced it has received CE Mark in Europe for the Volt PFA System to treat patients battling atrial fibrillation (AFib). Today, approximately 8 million Europeans over the age of 65 are living with AFib, a number expected to double over the next 30 years.
DAIC
JANUARY 18, 2024
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). chief medical officer of Abbott's electrophysiology business.
Ken Grauer, MD
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
These findings suggest that instead of VT — the rhythm in Figure-1 is AFib with a fairly rapid ventricular response. Since the rhythm is supraventricular (ie, AFib ) — we can accurately assess QRS morphology. Given a lack of prior history — I don’t know if the AFib on ECG #1 is ( or is not ) a new finding.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The best course is to wait until the anatomy is defined by angio, then if proceeding to PCI, add Cangrelor (an IV P2Y12 inhibitor) I sent the ECG and clinical information of a 90-year old with chest pain to Dr. McLaren. With the history of Afib, CTA abdomen was ordered to r/o mesenteric ischemia vs ischemic colitis vs small bowel obstruction.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 6, 2023
That said — I strongly suspect that instead of AFib — that this patient was in the same 2nd-Degree, Mobitz I AV Block on the pre-operative ECG , that was done 2 months earlier ( = ECG #2 in Figure-4 ). Taking Another LOOK at ECG #2: I will emphasize that there is a tremendous amount of artifact in ECG #2.
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