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2. Catheter ablation - Wikipedia

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   Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses radio-frequency energy or other sources to terminate or modify a faulty electrical pathway from sections of the heart of those who are prone to developing cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

3. Radio-Frequency Ablation Helped 82% of Patients With AFib ...

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   New data indicates that more than 80% of patients who received radiofrequency-based ablation were free from any form of atrial arrhythmia at a one-year ... New breakthroughs in AFib treatment.

4. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Fatty infiltration helps explain why obesity is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation in one fifth of patients. [62] Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of heart failure by 11 per 1000, kidney problems by 6 per 1000, death by 4 per 1000, stroke by 3 per 1000, and coronary heart disease by 1 per 1000. [161]

5. Ablation stopped AFib in 81% of patients in new study - AOL

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   Using real-world data, researchers found that 81.6% of patients were free from AFib one year after RF-based ablation - a higher percentage than attained in clinical trials.

6. Procedure to address abnormal heart beats arrives for Great ...

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   Blood thinners are the most common treatment to lower the risk of stroke in AFib patients, Gray said. “But for a lot of people, there’s a lot of drawbacks to being on the blood thinner ...

7. Left atrial appendage occlusion - Wikipedia

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   The ULTRASEAL LAA device, from Cardia, is a percutaneous, transcatheter device intended to prevent thrombus embolization from the left atrial appendage in patients who have non-valvular atrial fibrillation. As with all Cardia devices (such as: Atrial Septal Defect Closure Device or Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Device), the Ultraseal is fully ...