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Cardio Catch-Up: Trial Of Abbott’s Volt PFA Begins; IDE Study To Start This Year

 
• By Reed Miller

Abbott is behind rivals Boston Scientific and Medtronic in the race to capture share of the emerging pulsed field ablation market. PFA is set to eventually become the most common cardiac ablation modality because it is safer than radiofrequency or cryoablation.

Abbott Volt PFA
Abbott Volt PFA • Source: Abbott

The first 30 atrial fibrillation ablation procedures with Abbott’s Volt PFA (pulsed field ablation) system have been completed in Australia and Europe as part of a clinical trial to support a CE mark.

The company expects the US Food and Drug Administration to approve its plan for a US clinical trial of Volt...

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