Medscape

Catheter-Free Radiation Ablation of VT Still 'Safe, Effective' at Late Follow-up

A technique borrowed from radiation oncology that takes the catheter out of catheter ablation continued to put in an impressive performance, observers say, in the longest yet follow-up of patients ...
Medscape

High rate of VT recurrence in ARVD/C patients undergoing catheter ablation

Baltimore, MD - A report published this week has shown a high rate of ventricular tachycardia (VT) recurrence—as high as 75% at 14 months—in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy ...
TCTMD

VT, No Matter Its Source, Benefits From Early Catheter Ablation: PAUSE-SCD

Patients with structural heart disease and monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT), irrespective of its etiology, can benefit when early first-line catheter ablation is added before implanting an ...
Medical Xpress

Ablation may be better than medication for those with dangerous heartbeat after heart attack

Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line treatment ...
Business Wire

St. Jude Medical Begins Landmark Clinical Study to Evaluate Effectiveness of Ablation Procedures for Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia

PAUL, Minn.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced the first patient enrollment in the STAR-VT (S ubstrate T argeted A blation using the ...
Business Wire

Thermedical Announces FDA Approval of Clinical Trial for SERF Ablation to Treat Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia, Leading Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermedical ®, a developer of thermal-ablation systems to treat ventricular arrhythmias, announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an ...
News Medical

Preventive ventricular tachycardia ablation cuts down ICD shocks and hospitalizations

The first randomized trial to investigate preventive ablation of a potential arrhythmogenic substrate associated with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) in patients at high risk of ventricular ...
Medical Xpress

Preventive ablation of ventricular tachycardia avoids shocks and hospitalization, finds clinical trial

The first randomized trial to investigate preventive ablation of a potential arrhythmogenic substrate associated with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) in patients at high risk of ventricular ...
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Adagio Medical Announces Completion of First Procedures in FULCRUM-VT U.S. FDA Pivotal IDE of Ventricular Tachycardia Cryoablation System

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Adagio Medical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADGM; “Adagio Medical”, “Adagio” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in catheter ablation technologies, today ...
TCTMD

Ultralow-Temperature Cryoablation Promising for Monomorphic VT

BERLIN, Germany—Treatment of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with a novel ultralow-temperature cryoablation catheter (vCLAS; Adagio Medical) appears to be safe and effective in patients with ...
MedPage Today

RT Matches Catheter Ablation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia, and It's Safer

SAN FRANCISCO -- Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes similar to catheter ablation with substantially fewer serious adverse events ...