When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

A heart valve that is severely damaged may need replacing. A surgeon may replace the damaged valve via an incision in the groin. The heart contains four valves, which allow blood to move in and out of ...

During the minimally invasive procedure, a catheter enters a small puncture in the patient’s groin and is threaded through a vein. Once the device reaches the heart, targeted cells are disrupted with ...

The procedure used to treat arrhythmias typically allows for a short recovery time, but precautions are necessary to preserve healthy heart function. Heart ablation creates little scars on heart ...

Medtronic has secured not one but two new European approvals for its cardiac ablation devices to treat irregular heartbeats. That includes a CE mark for its PulseSelect pulsed field ablation system, a ...

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 ...