LONDON, England—The impact of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)—the mainstay of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF)—should not be attributed to placebo effects, according to the SHAM-PVI trial ...

John Mandrola interviews Rolf Wachter and Nicolaos Dagres about their sham-controlled trial of pulmonary vein isolation ablation of atrial fibrillation.

As effective as catheter ablation can be for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), the procedure that aims for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has met much less success in those with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Four different pulmonary vein isolation techniques demonstrated similar efficacy in treating persistent AF.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . To determine whether adding PWI to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) could reduce AF recurrence in patients with ...

LONDON -- Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) produced real short-term improvements for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), according to the first sham-controlled trial on the subject. Continuous ...

For patients undergoing catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), cryoballoon and radiofrequency catheters are both effective in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). And the ...

Authors: Mohit Turagam, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Vivek Reddy, MD, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Professor ...

A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and results in clinically important improvements ...

In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), standard treatment with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ablation resulted in similar outcomes to more extensive ablation in other areas of the ...