Cardiac optogenetics achieve defibrillation without the pain of electric shocks The first evidence for a shockless treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) will be presented today at Frontiers... Read more
Electricity controls much of the human body: consider the electrical firing of neurons and the current transmitted by the heart. Yet historically the electrodes that have been used in medici... Read more
When a patient has an arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat), cardiologists will often treat the disorder by inserting two tube-like catheters into the patient’s heart. The first catheter... Read more