Atrial flutter is similar to atrial fibrillation in that the rhythm originates in the atrium and causes a narrow complex tachycardia, which carries thromboembolic risk. Typical atrial flutter results ...

MANY common arrhythmias observed in both atria and ventricles are similar although the atrial types have a few important distinguishing features. Thus, so far as therapy is concerned, the atrial ...

Boston Scientific announced it has received FDA approval for the company’s first open-irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter to be available in the United States for the treatment of type I atrial ...

There are very few things in life that will keep Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh off the football field. His heart no longer working properly is one of those reasons — literally. Harbaugh was the ...

NATICK, Mass., Boston Scientific Corporation completed a first-in-human clinical trial utilizing the IntellaTip MiFi™ XP Ablation Catheter for the treatment of type 1 atrial flutter, an arrhythmia ...

A new study suggests that drinking a cup of coffee every day may actually lower the risk of atrial fibrillation returning in ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that a type of echocardiogram, a common test to evaluate whether a person's heart is pumping properly, may be useful in predicting which patients with ...