Catheter ablation was not the first-line treatment for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) for most patients referred to a tertiary center, a study shows, with investigators suggesting the procedure is ...

Patients with structural heart disease are at risk for life-threatening ventricular tachycardias (VTs). Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can terminate VT, but often at the cost of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Catheter ablation benefited certain patients with MI and an implantable cardioverter ...

Initial strategy of catheter ablation leads to lower risk for composite primary end point versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy. (HealthDay News) — An initial strategy of catheter ablation leads to a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes similar to catheter ablation with substantially fewer serious adverse events ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drugs first, the VANISH2 ...

Adding functional imaging to structural imaging of patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) has the potential to improve current VT ablation strategies, according to new research. Adding functional ...

Wei, Chen, Michelle Boeck, Pierre C. Qian, Todd Vivenzio, Zoe Elizee, Jeremy S. Bredfeldt, Robert S. Kaplan, Usha Tedrow, Raymond Mak, and Paul C. Zei. "Cost of Cardiac Stereotactic Body Radioablation ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermedical ®, a developer of thermal-ablation systems to treat ventricular arrhythmias, announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an ...