VIENNA, Austria—For patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), a hybrid approach that combines a minimally invasive surgical ablation with catheter-based radiofrequency ablation—performed ...

In the study, published online November 14, 2011 in Circulation to coincide with a late-breaking clinical-trials session at the American Heart Association 2011 Scientific Sessions, lead investigator ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Thoracoscopic surgical ablation for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation was not superior to catheter ...

Surgical teams at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are decreasing the rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) in their institution by paying scrupulous attention to the use of catheters before ...

The number of diagnosed cases of myocardial infarction in the US population is estimated to be nearly 7,800,000. 1 Following a myocardial infarction, the cardiomyocytes that are starved of oxygen and ...

Surgical robotics is not a new phenomenon, but it's a space that continues to foster innovation across a range of ...

Surgical teams have reduced urinary tract infection rate by cutting catheter use in the operating theatre, according to US researchers who say there is a need to change clinical culture in hospitals.

A 79-year-old woman with severe heart failure and dual valve leakage underwent a rare, non-surgical double valve repair using ...

SHANGHAI — A collaboration between Chinese-Australian joint venture extruder Finlumen and specialty compounder NEU Specialty Engineered Materials LLC has yielded a minimally invasive surgical catheter ...