American College of Cardiology
JANUARY 14, 2025
he utility of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) as a therapy for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the focus of a State-of-the-Art Review published Jan. 8 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib). The findings, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.
American College of Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Not only do former smokers have lower risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib) than current smokers, but patients who quit smoking may reduce their AFib risk while doing so, according to a longitudinal cohort study utilizing UK Biobank data, published Sept. 11 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.
DAIC
JUNE 11, 2024
In electrophysiology, innovation is king, but it is often incremental, and it almost always lacks rationale, comprehensive clinical documentation and relevance for hospitals that try to balance the increasing costs of new technology with increasing demand and reimbursement that just can’t keep pace.
DAIC
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
This trial aims to demonstrate that EGF mapping can be used to identify EGF sources outside the pulmonary veins in all types of patients, including those with paroxysmal, persistent, and long-standing persistent AFib and undergoing de novo or redo procedures. and may enroll up to 400 subjects across 20+ centers in the US and Europe.
ADN Center of Excellence
MAY 17, 2024
It is with great pride that we announce the resounding success of ADN CoE' s AFib Ablation Training program, the second installment in our esteemed Ablation Series, held at the prestigious 9 Eylül University Heart Rhythm Management Centre. Dr. Emin Evren Özcan and Assoc. Oguzhan Ekrem Turan.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
The patient also has a history of AFib and HFmrEF ( = H eart F ailure with M inimally- R educed E jection F raction ). The patient is an older woman with known coronary disease and an ICD-Pacemaker implanted because of a history of VT ( V entricular T achycardia ). This patient presented to the ED “after a couple of days of chest discomfort”.
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