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Catheter Treatment Effective for Heart Rhythm Disorder

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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. Results were so convincing the trial was halted early.

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Laser balloon ablation FAQs by Dr Oliver Segal | totalhealth

totalhealth.co.uk — “Until ten years ago, patients with atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder, were only treated with drugs, which do not work particularly well and often cause side-effects. A new treatment is laser balloon ablation.View full resource at totalhealth.co.uk

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Laser Balloon Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation by Dr Oliver Segal | totalhealth

totalhealth.co.uk — “Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder in the developed world and it is estimated 1 million people in the UK have this condition. Until ten years ago, patients with atrial fibrillation were only treated with drugs, which do not work particularly well and often cause side-effects. A new treatment is laser balloon ablation.View full resource at totalhealth.co.uk

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Landmark Clinical Trial of Catheter Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

newswise.com — “Loyola University Medical Center is enrolling patients in a major clinical trial of treatments for a common heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation. The study is comparing drug therapy with a newer treatment called catheter ablation.View full resource at newswise.com

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Baylor Hamilton offers Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

news-medical.net — “Physicians at Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital are the first in North Texas to offer the Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system, the first and only cryoballoon in the United States indicated to treat drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), a serious heart rhythm disorder that affects millions of Americans.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for First and Only Cryoballoon Ablation Treatment in the U.S. for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation | EP Lab Digest

eplabdigest.com — “New Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter System Reduces Symptoms for Patients with Common Heart Rhythm Disorder Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblationView full resource at eplabdigest.com

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New computerized catheter makes surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation faster, cheaper and more effective

news-medical.net — “Atrial fibrillation is a heart disorder that affects more than two million Americans, and is considered a key contributor to blood clots and stroke. Now researchers from North Carolina State University are developing a new computerized catheter that could make the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation faster, cheaper and more effective - while significantly decreasing radiation exposure related to the treatment.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Catheter ablation treatment reduces risks associated with atrial fibrillation

news-medical.net — “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 Americans significantly reduces the risk of stroke, mortality, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Tissue-freezing balloon beats drugs in ablation study

physorg.com — “An experimental ablation therapy system that freezes heart tissue with a balloon catheter to treat a common heart rhythm disorder is far more effective than drug therapy, a study found Monday.View full resource at physorg.com

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Patients with Common Heart Rhythm Disorder Experienced Better Outcomes and Fewer Symptoms with Catheter Ablation at One Year Compared to Treatment with Drug Therapy | Business Wire

businesswire.com — “Diamond bar, calif.--(business wire)--according to data appearing today in jama, patients with a common heart rhythm disorder, called atrial fibrillation, who were treated with catheter ablation using the navistar® thermocool® catheter, demonstrated significantly better outcomes at one year compared to those receiving drug therapy. in addition, the patients treated with catheter ablation reported markedly fewer symptoms and substantially improved quality of life. atrial fibrillView full resource at businesswire.com

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Burning heart tissue with catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments for common heart rhythm disorder

feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, according to a new study.View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com

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Landmark Heart Treatment Study

medicalnewstoday.com — “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 full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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eurekalert.org — “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 Journal of the American Medical Association.View full resource at eurekalert.org

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New Assessment Quantifies Risks and Benefits of Warfarin Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation | Kaiser Permanente News Center

xnet.kp.org — “Warfarin (an oral anticoagulant) therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation - the most common type of significant heart rhythm disorder - appears to be most beneficial for the oldest patients, for those who have had a prior stroke and for patients with multiple risk factors for stroke, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. This comparative effectiveness research study, among the first and largest to quantify warfarin's net clinical benefView full resource at xnet.kp.org

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New Assessment Quantifies Risks and Benefits of Warfarin Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation: Warfarin (an oral an.. http://bit.ly/YJr6f

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FDA Approves Multaq to Treat Heart Rhythm Disorder

fda.gov — “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Multaq tablets (dronedarone) to help maintain normal heart rhythms in patients with a history of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (heart rhythm disorders). The drug is approved to be used in patients whose hearts have returned to normal rhythm or who will undergo drug or electric-shock treatment to restore a normal heart beat.View full resource at fda.gov

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