Ablation Technique

The APPLE scoring system is superior to CHA2DS2‐VASc and CHADS2 in predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after surgical ablation, data from a retrospective study show.

Intramural needle ablation using in-catheter, heated saline-enhanced radiofrequency was effective in reducing ventricular tachycardia burden for high-risk patients failing one to five prior ablations and drug therapy, researchers reported.

Alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was associated with greater rate of 10-year all-cause death compared with septal myectomy, researchers reported.

Medtronic announced it received expanded indication for its cardiac cryoablation focal catheters from the FDA for the treatment of pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.

By 2030, the number of people in the United States with atrial fibrillation will double to more than 12 million, making it imperative that patients receive the best treatments to improve outcomes and functional status.

Compared with manual contact catheters, robotic magnetic navigation reduced risk for silent cerebral embolism after atrial fibrillation ablation procedures, researchers reported in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

The FDA granted a new indication to a cryoballoon ablation catheter that allows it to be used as a first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation, before antiarrhythmic drugs.

Catheter ablation-based rhythm control vs. medical-based rate control in patients with AF and HF.

Radiofrequency vs. cryoballoon ablation for reducing atrial fibrillation burden in patients with paroxysmal AF.

Pulmonary vein isolation durability was similar after treatment with radiofrequency or cryoballoon catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, according to results of the RACE-AF trial.