In June 2022, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Honduras to Miami died after going into cardiac arrest and losing consciousness. The flight’s crew did attempt to use an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to revive…

Why do certain hereditary diseases related to heart rhythm issues seem to affect women more than men? According to an experimental study out of …

Medtronic has received CE mark approval for its Affera Mapping and Ablation System, which include the company’s Sphere-9 Catheter and its Affera Prism-1 Mapping Software.

The Affera Mapping and…

Pulsed-field ablation (PFA) is not associated with bronchial damage when used to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to new findings published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.[1] …

B. Hadley Wilson, MD, an interventional cardiologist with decades of experience leading cath labs and providing care to low- and middle-income countries, is…

The American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting, ACC.23 Together with the World Congress of Cardiology, concluded just as it started: with a healthy…

Patients with a low body mass index (BMI) face a heightened risk of cardiac tamponade during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to new findings published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.[1]…

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is picking up more and more momentum with each passing year, but there are still certain…

Researchers out of Rutgers University in New Jersey have used artificial intelligence…

The increased use of implantable loop recorders (ILRs) is associated with identifying more bradyarrhythmias such as bradycardia, according to new findings published in JAMA Cardiology.[1] However, researchers noted, this…

Medtronic has gained European CE mark approval for its Aurora EV-ICD MRI SureScan and Epsila EV MRI SureScan defibrillation lead, which are designed to help treat severe heart rhythm issues.

The…

Leading researchers, physicians and other specialists from all over the world gathered in Dallas on Feb. 8-10 for International Stroke Conference (…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging consumers not to take Alfia Weight Loss Capsules due to a “hidden drug ingredient” that could present significant health risks for certain…

Engineers with the University of Missouri (UM) have developed a new soft, stretchable material that could potentially be used in wearable devices that gather key cardiovascular data. The group…

Researchers have built a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that uses…

Abbott has announced two key regulatory approvals, including one in the United States and another in Europe.

First, the company’s…

New findings out of the University of Missouri suggests that the long-lasting impact of COVID-19 may not be quite as…

Periodontitis, a severe gum infection, may increase a patient’s risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to findings published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.[1]

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Extracorporeal CPR and conventional CPR are associated with similar rates of survival and neurologic outcomes among patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to new findings published…