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ESC 2017 Roundup: Biotronik touts lowered mortality for AF patients treated with cath ablation
Biotronik today released results from the Castle-AF study exploring the use of catheter ablation to treat heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation, touting a 38% composite reduction in all-cause mortality and hospitalization for worsening heart failure.
The 398-patient, 33-site study compared the results of catheter ablation treatment for AF in heart failure patients using implantable cardioverter defibrillators or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators to standard-of-care pharmacological therapy, the company said. Biotronik touted it as the largest study of its kind to date.
Results indicated a 47% reduc...
Source: Mass Device - August 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cardiac Assist Devices Cardiac Implants Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Biotronik Medtronic Source Type: news
