Minute Insight: Trials Sponsored By Medtronic and Biosense Webster Show Benefits Of AFib Ablation

Results from two industry-supported clinical trials published in the last week offer more support for treating atrial fibrillation with catheter ablation rather than medication alone.

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New three-year results from the EARLY AF trial confirm that “first-line” treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with Medtronic’s Arctic Front cryoballoon ablation system yields better long-term results than trying antiarrhythmic drugs first.

The one-year results from EARLY AF showed that patients treated with pulmonary vein isolation ablation with a cryoballoon were less likely to experience a recurrence of atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardia,...

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