New AF Ablation Tools Offer Promise Of Greater Efficacy, Durability

Novel arrhythmia mapping technologies, once they are clinically proven and validated, could change practice paradigms in the atrial fibrillation ablation space but in the meantime work continues on nearer-term advances that could make AF ablation more effective and durable. Three of the most promising – contact force sensing, endoscopic laser ablation, and atrial fibrosis imaging, from such companies as Endosense, Biosense Webster, CardioFocus, and Marrek – have recently achieved some important milestones in their journeys toward US market approval.