MINNEAPOLIS, & NICE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Data from the FAST-PVI study, supported by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), shows lab time using anatomically-designed ablation catheters are more than one-third (35 percent) faster than traditional point-by-point focal ablation procedures in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). PVI is the cornerstone catheter procedure to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). The anatomically shaped Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter and advanced radiofrequency (RF) Pulmonary Vein Ablation Catheter® (PVAC) allowed physicians to more efficiently isolate the pulmonary veins than do focal RF catheters. Acute PVI success rate for the anatomical catheters was 99 percent. The data were released at Cardiostim 2010, the 17th World Congress in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques.
