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Cardiomatics guide: Analyzing arrhythmias made easy

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AFIB/AFL – atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter episodes. Other times, an irregular recording can signal a medical emergency, such as a myocardial infarction or a dangerous arrhythmia. 1] Arrhythmia Recognition: The Art of Interpretation, T.Garcia, D.Garcia. An abnormal electrocardiogram can mean many things.

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HRS 2024: Innovation Meets Reality

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PFA is designed to address AFib, the most common arrhythmia in the US, with a growing patient population. Antiarrhythmic drugs are typically a poor solution for AFib, as their side effects can be debilitating. The operational and safety benefits are “nice,” but AFib ablation has never really been a dangerous procedure.

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Biosense Webster Study Supports Low and Zero Fluoroscopy Workflow as Safe, Effective Alternative to Conventional Catheter Ablation

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a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTechi , revealed findings from a company-funded study of real-world data. AFib is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia and affects more than 6 million people in the United States and nearly 38 million people worldwide.2,3

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Biosense Webster Begins Enrollment of Pivotal Trial Evaluating the Laminar Left Atrial Appendage Elimination Device?

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a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTechi , announced the commencement of patient cases with the investigational Laminar Left Atrial Appendage Elimination (LAAX) System as part of its pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) study. Jennifer Currin, Ph.D.,

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Biosense Webster Begins Enrollment of SmartPulse Study in the U.S. to Evaluate RF and PFA Dual Energy Catheter to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

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

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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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Step Into the Cardiology Clinic of the Future: Bringing Virtual Cardiac Care Delivery and Virtual Telemetry to Life in Your Practice’s Clinical Workflows

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Atrial fibrillation (AFib) cases have also surged, doubling from 28.3 This rise exacerbates the burden on overstretched cardiologists, who are facing a multitude of challenges like clinician shortages, complex workflows, administrative burden, poor patient adherence, health disparities and cost pressure. million in 1990 to 56.7