Devices already in inventory can be used with the updated instructions by doctors. Patients already treated don’t need to do anything. Boston Scientific has updated its instructions for doctors using ...

Owensboro Health Regional Hospital says it has reached a major milestone in cardiac care by successfully performing its first ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A noninvasive procedure that freezes and kills problem-causing heart tissue was nearly 10 times better at eliminating a potentially serious heart rhythm disorder than conventional ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - It is expected that within the next 20 years, 20-60 million people will get atrial fibrillation, usually just called AFib. People with AFib have a five-times ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Millions of Americans are being treated for atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, or an irregular heartbeat. It can lead to blood clots, strokes, or heart failure. The FDA ...

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. plans to pay more than $200 million to buy the remaining stake in a device company called Cryterion Medical, which owns an invention that uses a burst of ...

Kevin Makati, MD, and the St. Joseph's Hospital cardiovascular team perform a new cardiac ablation technique in Tampa. The hospital, part of BayCare Health System, participated in the research trials ...

A national study is shedding light on how to more effectively treat atrial fibrillation (AF) -- a common heart rhythm problem associated with increased risk of stroke and heart failure. The study ...

A new treatment for atrial fibrillation is available to cardiac patients at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital. Pulsed field ablation (PFA), which uses shorts bursts of high energy to neutralize abnormal ...