Apr 9, 2024 · Atrial fibrillation ablation is done to fix and prevent an irregular and often very fast type of heartbeat called AFib. You may need this treatment if you have a fast, fluttering …

Nov 7, 2024 · Healthcare providers can use cardiac ablation to manage abnormal heart rhythms that don’t respond to medication. They move catheters (tubes) through blood vessels to reach …

Atrial fibrillation ablation is a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation. It uses small burns or freezes to cause some scarring on the inside of the heart to help break up the electrical signals that …

Jun 20, 2025 · Surgical ablation involves cutting into your chest. Your recovery and the results you can expect will depend on which procedure you have. Often, the treatment will ease your …

Jun 30, 2025 · But an emerging technology called pulsed field ablation (PFA) is rapidly being adopted by a growing number of top cardiology departments across the nation—it’s quicker …

4 days ago · Research Highlights: Successful catheter ablation resulted in a low risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular heart rhythm, according to an …

5 days ago · Whether successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation eliminates the need for long-term oral anticoagulant therapy is unknown. We conducted an international, open-label, …

Several recent trials have evaluated catheter ablation as an initial therapy for AF, demonstrating that cryoballoon catheter ablation significantly improves arrhythmia outcomes (e.g. atrial …

Nov 1, 2022 · If you have atrial fibrillation (afib) — a heart rhythm disorder marked by a rapid, irregular heart rate — you may have wondered about catheter ablation. For this therapy, a …

Currently the most widespread and accepted strategy for treating atrial fibrillation is by electrically isolating the pulmonary veins, therefore reducing the risk of triggering atrial fibrillation. This …