Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MDMedically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Heart ablation is a procedure ... flexible tube) through a vein. They use X-rays to guide the tube to your heart and ...

If done for medical reasons, Medicare will usually cover the procedure. "About half the time, that’s all the treatment necessary to relieve symptoms," Shutze says. But ablation won’t remove varicose ...

In that single-arm study, the rate of primary adverse events within 7 days of ablation ... pulmonary vein isolation, use of a non-study catheter for pulmonary vein isolation, repeat procedure ...

“Out of an abundance of caution,” Johnson & Johnson MedTech has temporarily paused the use of its Varipulse field ablation system ... acute pulmonary vein isolation was successful in 100% ...

The major and widely accepted cause of recurrence after initially successful ablation therapy is pulmonary vein reconnection ... recurrence rates and reduce procedure technical complexity while ...

Cryoablation and radiofrequency (RF) ablation can cause damage to non-targeted tissues, such as the pulmonary vein, esophagus and phenic nerve. As a result, PFA has emerged as an appealing alternative ...