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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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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification Hello friends, this is the modified version of my talk at Indian Heart Rhythm Society Conference, New Delhi, 2023, on Brugada Syndrome. Heart Rhythm. Hope you will enjoy this session. 2016 Oct;13(10):e295-324. Francis J, Antzelevitch C. J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Heart Rhythm 2010 Hudzik B, Gasior M. Prominent J waves and ventricular fibrillation caused by myocarditis and pericarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J 2004 Antzelevitch C, Yan G. J wave syndromes. J-waves in hypothermia. CMAJ 2017 Vassallo SU, Delaney KA, Hoffman RS, et al.

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