The Medical Minute: Putting the freeze on abnormal heart beats
(PhysOrg.com) -- In some people, the heart has a tendency to race due to abnormal electrical signals that tell the heart muscle when to contract. Abnormal electrical activation of the heart with...
View ArticleHeating heart with catheter better than drugs for common heart rhythm disorder
Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found.
View ArticleExpert consensus on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias
A call to action for more research to be undertaken into catheter ablation in the field of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) has been issued in a joint consensus document from the European Heart Rhythm...
View ArticleCatheter ablation prior to defibrillator shock reduces risk of recurrence of...
Patients with episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT—a rapid heartbeat that originates in the ventricles) are at high risk of repeat VT, ventricular fibrillation, and death. Use of an implantable...
View ArticleLandmark heart treatment study
Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, according to a landmark study published in the Jan. 27 issue of the...
View ArticleAtrial fibrillation treatment with catheter shows better results than drug...
Use of catheter ablation, in which radiofrequency energy is emitted from a catheter to eliminate the source of an irregular heartbeat, resulted in significantly better outcomes in patients with...
View ArticleCommon gene variant may increase risk for a type of cardiac arrhythmia
An international research team has identified a common gene variant associated with a form of the irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation. In their report in the journal Nature Genetics, being...
View ArticleCardiac procedure significantly reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease and...
New findings by researchers from the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, reveals treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder that affects more than two million...
View ArticleUCLA cardiologists use new methods to treat life-threatening arrhythmias
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ventricular arrhythmias — abnormal rhythms from the lower chambers of the heart — are typically treated using a combination of medication, implanted defibrillators and catheter...
View ArticleCatheter ablation benefits younger adults with irregular heartbeat
Patients under age 45 had fewer major complications than older patients and comparable improvement after a medical procedure to treat irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, in a study reported in...
View ArticleUCLA uses new hybrid, precision heart procedures to help stop deadly arrhythmias
New techniques now being used at UCLA allow doctors to more precisely target certain areas of the heart to stop ventricular arrhythmias serious abnormal rhythms in the heart's lower chambers in...
View ArticleRobo-op marks new world first for heart procedure
The world's first remote heart procedure, using a robotic arm alongside 3-D mapping, is due to take place at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.
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