The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided a major reimbursement update for cardiac ablation ...

A minimally invasive heart procedure to correct irregular heart rhythms called catheter ablation may reduce the risk of ...

OCEAN was an open-label trial conducted in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, and Israel. Eligible participants had to have non-valvular Afib, undergone successful ablation at least 1 year ...

Adults with atrial fibrillation with overweight or obesity were less likely to experience recurrent atrial arrhythmia when taking metformin, a generic diabetes drug, before a catheter ablation, data ...

The META-AF trial found fewer recurrences of atrial arrhythmias, a benefit unexplained by weight loss or glycemic control.

The diabetes drug metformin reduced recurrent arrhythmias after a first catheter ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation ...

Ochsner Health has rolled out a new cardiac ablation treatment method for patients in the Gulf South diagnosed with electrophysiology and heart rhythm conditions linked to atrial fibrillation (AFib).

If medications and lifestyle changes are still not improving your atrial fibrillation symptoms, it may be time to consider a surgical option. Cardiovascular surgeon Jared Bunch, MD, discusses cardiac ...

An open-label study shows that patients who took metformin after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation have significantly ...

Dealing with both type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation made it twice as difficult for Matt Jewell to live a healthy lifestyle. Medicine to control his abnormal heart rhythm slowed down his heart ...

The heart is at the center of a complex electrical system. Just like any machine, sometimes the system does not always work correctly. There may be a short circuit. This could lead to an abnormal or ...

Successful catheter ablation resulted in a low risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular ...