Heart doctors at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital this month celebrated their 500th procedure to help reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The milestone left atrial appendage ...
A brand new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation is now being offered at several hospitals across Colorado after UCHealth in Loveland successfully completed the first procedure in the state. c "Afib ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Today we are highlighting a life-saving milestone that has been reached at Corewell Health. Corewell Health physicians recently completed the one thousandth WATCHMAN ...
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CMMC first in state to offer atrial fibrillation procedure, ending reliance on blood thinners
During February's "American Heart Month," doctors at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, are raising awareness about two procedures they can now perform to help people with atrial ...
LISBON, Portugal—Ablation of paroxysmal A-fib using a cryoballoon cuts down on the need for patients to receive hospital-based care compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy even if the procedure is ...
POCATELLO — When people first walk into Dr. Lynn Otto’s procedure room, one of the first things they say is that it looks like a spaceship. “It looks like the Enterprise, like we’re going to take off ...
The heart beats because of a set of electrical impulses. The myocardium or heart muscle contracts when the electrical signal arises from the sinoatrial node in the upper right chamber and passes to ...
Cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Stephen Maniscalco, Richard Somerville and electrophysiologist Dr. Rajesh Venkataraman stand in an imagery room at Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands.Jason Fochtman During ...
KALISPELL, Mont. — Logan Health is celebrating its 100th atrial fibrillation procedure called Pulse Field Ablation, also known as PFA. This comes just seven months after the first PFA case at the ...
Background Mechanical compression from the ascending aorta on the left atrial anterior wall (LAAW) can cause low voltage areas (LVAs), which are associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation ...
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Daily coffee intake linked to fewer atrial fibrillation relapses
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. A randomized trial suggests that avoiding coffee after cardioversion may not help, and that modest caffeine intake may actually be associated with fewer atrial ...
If you have atrial fibrillation, or AFib, treating it cuts your risk of having a stroke. But it can be costly, even if you have insurance. Research shows you're more likely to need medical care ...
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