A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.

MILWAUKEE, WI — The in-hospital mortality rate from catheter ablations performed for cardiac arrhythmias over the course of a decade is 0.6%, according to an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatients ...

BOSTON — A novel, selective registry of high-volume electrophysiologists is helping improve treatments for atrial fibrillation by sharing data and evaluating best practices. The Real-World Experience ...

We conducted an international, randomized trial involving patients with previously untreated persistent atrial fibrillation. The patients were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive PFA performed ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes similar to catheter ablation with substantially fewer serious adverse events ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery,, finds that Medicare patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who undergo surgical ablation during isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG ...

Concomitant surgical ablation during CABG in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with better survival outcomes, according to new Medicare data. Results were best when the dual ...

Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line treatment ...

Irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia, can significantly affect a person’s quality of life and overall health. When medication and lifestyle changes are ineffective, doctors may recommend surgery to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An integrated pulsed field ablation and mapping system to treat atrial fibrillation was linked to low rates of ...