In patients with atrial fibrillation that is refractory to drug therapy, radio-frequency ablation of the atrioventricular node and implantation of a permanent pacemaker are an alternative therapeutic ...

Before catheter ablation or pacemaker implantation, all patients in both groups actually met the criteria for permanent pacing due to symptomatic prolonged sinus pauses on termination of AF (Fig. 2), ...

Over the long term, patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who require a permanent pacemaker after alcohol septal ablation (ASA) fare just as well as those who don’t, a ...

The efficacy of catheter ablation for heart failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) hinged on the phenotype of disease, researchers reported based on a meta-analysis. Compared with ...

When high doses of AV blocking drugs are not successful to lower ventricular rates in the setting of atrial fibrillation, AV node ablation can be utilized. Remember that all atrial action potentials ...

The first US safety and efficacy study of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation for vagal denervation in patients with neurocardiogenic syncope suggests the procedure can correct autonomic bradycardia ...