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Biosense Webster Submits Application to U.S. FDA Seeking Approval of the VARIPULSE Platform for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

DAIC

5 Catheter ablation is a safe and effective procedure when drugs don't work to help restore the heart's incorrect electrical signals, which cause an abnormal heart rhythm. 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.

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Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Clinical questions : Is this an occlusion myocardial infarction and does the patient need the cath lab? While meeting STEMI criteria, the morphology is atypical for OMI and therefore could be false positive STEMI, especially with the presentation of unconsciousness, seizure, and a perfusing rhythm. J wave syndromes.

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