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Double Defibrillator More Effective for Obese Afib Patients

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure, a ...
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Comparative study on dual vs single cardioversion for atrial fibrillation in obese patients

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...
Healio

Procedural, technological changes improving first-time AF ablation outcomes

Improved atrial fibrillation ablation strategies and technologies during the past decade are associated with a stepwise reduction in the rate of redo AF procedures, increased procedural volume and ...
TCTMD

First Pulsed-Field Ablation System Gets FDA Approval

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a pulsed-field ablation (PFA) system for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF): the PulseSelect PFA system. Device maker ...
Medscape

FDA Approves First Pulsed Field Ablation System for AF

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System (Medtronic) for the treatment of both paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), the ...