Cryoablation for Afib
St. Anthony Hospital cardiologist J. Thomas Svinarich, MD, FACC is one of a select few specialists across the country, and the only one in the ...
Cryoablation used to successfully treat atrial fibrillation in Canada
The electrophysiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute used cryoablation (ablation using cold) to treat a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, and one associated with significant morbidity. This was a first in Canada following the approval of the Arctic Front device by Health Canada.
The electrophysiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute used cryoablation (ablation using cold) to treat a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, and one associated with significant morbidity. This was a first in Canada following the approval of the Arctic Front device by Health Canada.
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New atrial fibrillation treatment uses cold instead of heat The treatment is called Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system and it was developed by Medtronic in Montreal for patients with atrial fibrillation. A-Fib is a condition in which the heart's two upper chambers (the atria) quiver instead of Cryoablation used to successfully treat atrial fibrillation at the Montreal Medtronic Receives Health Canada Approval for First and Only Cryoballoon Medtronic says Canada clears heart deviceall 33 news articles » |
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KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaDeep freeze surgery helps heart patients A-fib affects more than 2 million people in the US and is the most common type of heart rhythm problem. Zipora Zinger, who was among the first patients in South Florida to undergo cryoablation for A-fib, describes the disorder as "not constant, and more » |
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Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital Announces First Patient Procedure in the ... The cryoablation treatment involves a minimally-invasive procedure that creates circumferential lesions around the pulmonary vein (the source of erratic electrical signals that cause atrial fibrillation) and blocks the conduction of atrial fibrillation Medtronic announces FDA approval of Achieve Mapping Catheterall 26 news articles » |
Medtronic says Canada clears heart device
French Tribune its Arctic Front cardiac cryoablation catheter system, which treats abnormal heart rhythms using extreme cold. The world's largest medical device maker said the Arctic Front system treats a type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation. Made-in-Canada Heart Catheter Uses Cold Instead Of Heatall 4 news articles »
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Heart Problem Gets the Deep Freeze A-Fib, as it's called, affects more than two million people in the US and is the most common type of heart rhythm problem. Zipora Zinger was among the first patients in South Florida to undergo Cryoablation for A-Fib. She describes the rhythm disorder |