‘A company has developed has developed a catheter, which can help improve treatment outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation. The catheter is called CircumBlator and has demonstrated proof-of-concept on animal tissue.’
Usually, this tissue creates the irregular signals that disrupt normal heart rhythms in AF. During this method, a point ablation catheter uses radio-frequency energy to develop lesions in the tissue.
However, point ablation catheters are difficult to position against the tissue within a beating heart. Hence, 40% of cases will require a second ablation procedure to effectively treat AF.
Ablacor Medical Corp. (Needham, MA) is working on CircumBlator catheter that can overcome this drawback and provide greater treatment outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation. It includes an anchor that sits in the pulmonary vein and it gives the operator more stability, as well as a circumferential array of electrodes that produces a line of ablated tissue with no gaps.
Atrial Fibrillation - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complication, Risks
Atrial fibrillation may not be life-threatening in itself but it is important to understand the causes, symptoms and treatments because of the risk of life-threatening complications.
Atrial fibrillation may not be life-threatening in itself but it is important to understand the causes, symptoms and treatments because of the risk of life-threatening complications.
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Cardiac Pacemaker for Abnormal Heart Rhythms – Types, Advantages & Risks
A pacemaker stimulates the heart with electrical signals when it detects arrhythmias of the heart. Pacemakers are classified based on the number of lead electrodes used and the type of pacing involved.
A pacemaker stimulates the heart with electrical signals when it detects arrhythmias of the heart. Pacemakers are classified based on the number of lead electrodes used and the type of pacing involved.
