atrial fibrillation

Biosense Webster Inc announced a 12-month safety & efficacy of ThermoCool SmartTouch Catheter and Software module in treatment of symptomatic, drug refractory, paroxysmal arterial fibrillation from SMART-AF Investigation Device Exemption clinical trial.This Catheter enables physicians to measure contact force and direction inside the heart during cardiac ablation procedures, as is required for all currently marketed ablation catheters. The ThermCool SmartTouch Catheter is approved for IDE and...Read Full Story

1.What is arrhythmia An irregular heartbeat is an arrhythmia (also called dysrhythmia. An arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah) is a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm. A normal heart rate is 50 to 100 beats per minute. Arrhythmia and abnormal heart rates don't necessarily occur together. Most arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious or even life threatening. During an arrhythmia, the heart...Read Full Story

What is arrhythmiaAn irregular heartbeat is an arrhythmia (also called dysrhythmia. An arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah) is a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm.  A normal heart rate is 50 to 100 beats per minute. Arrhythmia and abnormal heart rates don't necessarily occur together. Most arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious or even life threatening. During an arrhythmia, the heart...Read Full Story

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INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, March 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that bleeding rates associated with new use of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) do not appear to be higher than those with new use of warfarin1,2(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For media outside of the US, the UK & Canada onlyA new perspective from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the New England Journal of Medicine1 states that the agency has not changed its...Read Full Story

(Photos by eldan) Follow-up to initial episode of atrial fibrillation (Postgraduate Medicine) lightheadedness – click on the image below for more information. Follow-up to initial episode of atrial fibrillation (Postgraduate Medicine) – A 62-year-old man with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department, reporting a first episode of light-headedness upon standing up that morning. An ECG showed atrial fibrillation with a heart rate of 150 beats/min. He was tre See...Read Full Story

INGELHEIM, Germany - Monday, March 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]    American College of Cardiology supported by Boehringer Ingelheim offers innovative educational programme for physicians    International peer-to-peer sharing of medical knowledge, expertise and clinical skills to improve and standardise treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For Non-US, Non-UK & Non-Canadian Media OnlyIn parallel with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions in San...Read Full Story