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There has been a rapid increase in the number of catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation. Importantly, several new catheter-based strategies have shown atrial fibrillation to be a treatable condition. In this Viewpoint, Carlo Pappone and Vincenzo Santinelli discuss the best techniques for atrial fibrillation ablation.
Morbidity and mortality are high for chronic heart failure despite therapeutic advances, but the options are not exhausted. Ulf Landmesser and Helmut Drexler present an overview of heart failure therapy and summarize the major research being done to find new ways forward.
Although vaccination has so far been used mainly for infectious disease, the varied roles of the immune system in atherosclerosis present the possibility of a vaccine being developed against this prevalent disease. Here, Shah and colleagues discuss some of the background and advances being made in this field.
The introduction of drug-eluting stents has revolutionized interventional cardiology. The uptake of this technology has been rapid and widespread, but the long-term data are strikingly few. In this review, an overview is presented of the studies done so far and the emerging information on safety and efficacy. Future directions for this intervention are also discussed.
