Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.

Hansen Medical, a developer of medical robotics and robotic technology for 3D control of catheter movement, has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year, which ended Dec. 31, 2009.

Medical robotics technology developer Hansen Medical has selected Peter Osborne to serve as its interim chief financial officer (CFO) after Steve Van Dick resigned from the position.

Use of an implantable leadless cardiac monitor in patients can better detect and monitor atrial fibrillation (AF) due to an algorithm that can detect the presence or absence of the heart arrhythmia, a study published online in the Feb. 16 issue of Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology found.

In an editorial in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, two radiologists from the University of Arizona School of Medicine have called the decision of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not to reimburse CT colonography (CTC) misguided and shortsighted.

Three-dimensional sonography with a matrix array transducer is a reliable means of measuring renal volume during evaluations of patients with reduced renal function, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The use of catheter ablation resulted in significantly better outcomes in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) who had not responded previously to antiarrhythmic drug therapy, according to a randomized study in the Jan. 27 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.

Bard Electrophysiology focused on flexibility and control at the 15th annual Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium last week as it highlighted upgraded electrophysiology products.