Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) is a major global health issue characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates, with a notably low five-year survival rate. Comprehensive analyses of the global ...

A transmitral pulsed Doppler study (Panel E) shows a very small A wave with normal deceleration time, a finding suggestive of left atrial contractile dysfunction. A diminutive A wave was observed ...

Boston Scientific Corporation BSX recently presented data supporting the use of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation (“PFA”) system and the WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure (“LAAC”) device during ...

In particular, the finding of a broad esophagus covering much of the posterior left atrial wall recommends caution when using a discrete luminal marker like a temperature probe as the sole ...

First phase of ADVANTAGE AF clinical trial achieves safety and effectiveness endpoints for treatment of drug-resistant, symptomatic, persistent atrial fibrillation with the FARAPULSE™ Pulsed ...

It’s been said that increasing numbers of men are skewing right, while women are travelling further left. Those couples with diametrically opposite views happily coexisting are relics of a long ...

Left-wing parties are more unpopular now than at any time since the end of the Cold War, The Telegraph has assessed. The analysis comes after a year of election triumphs for conservatives around ...

And 100,000 Palestinians have left Gaza. Some 9 out of 10 Gazans have been displaced – and many of them have had to move multiple times since the war began. But what do the displaced have to ...

The patient underwent an exploratory thoracotomy, with discovery of an atrial‐esophageal fistula and subsequent repair (Figure, Panel C). He overall did well and with aggressive rehabilitation. Repeat ...

Lower left back pain can be inconvenient and uncomfortable and may impact your ability to go about your day. This type of pain has many possible causes. Organs in the lower back, including the kidneys ...