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A new four-year study suggests that drinking a cup of caffeinated coffee daily is safe for people with atrial fibrillation and may reduce the risk of recurrence, with the findings indicating a potential protective effect of coffee on heart rhythm disorders.
UCHealth becomes one of the first hospitals in the nation to offer pulsed field ablation, a non-thermal treatment for atrial fibrillation (A-fib), with a Frederick man being the first patient to undergo the procedure. A-fib, an abnormal heartbeat, affects millions of Americans and is a leading cause of stroke. The new method uses electric pulses to isolate pulmonary veins, aiming to reduce collateral damage compared to traditional thermal ablation procedures. Patients report feeling better mere days after the procedure, and the FDA has approved two pulsed field ablation systems, with UCHealth using the Medtronic PulseSelect system.