Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Among patients with atrial fibrillation who chose to undergo catheter ablation, those who lost at least 3% of body weight before the procedure were more likely to be free from AF at 6 months, according to early results of the LEAF trial.

Abbott announced the FDA approved its sensor-enabled ablation catheter for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Among older adults who underwent catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation, younger age and absence of late recurrence were good predictors of improvement of tricuspid regurgitation, which was tied to better outcomes, data show.

Death associated with atrial fibrillation ablation occurred at a rate of 0.06% among patients treated at several Mayo Clinic locations, according to a large retrospective analysis published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

An advanced nurse practitioner-led intervention after atrial fibrillation ablation could improve patient knowledge, satisfaction, lifestyle modification and AF recurrence, researchers reported.

The novel ANTWERP score demonstrated good predictive value in identifying patients whose heart failure symptoms would improve after ablation for atrial fibrillation, a speaker reported.

In a small, single-center trial, the novel Marshall-Plan ablation strategy improved 10-month arrhythmia recurrence compared with pulmonary vein isolation alone for persistent atrial fibrillation, a speaker reported.

Assessing safety and effectiveness of the PulseSelect PFA System (Medtronic) for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

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Pulsed field ablation pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation may confer less damage to cardiac nerves and ganglia vs. cryoballoon ablation, researchers reported.