HeartLight X3 System for Rapid and Accurate Cardiac Ablation Procedures Cleared in Europe

Ablation of cardiac tissue is one of the most common ways of treating atrial fibrillation. Interventional cardiologists have to work quite a bit to make sure the energy they’re delivering hits the correct areas. The HeartLight X3 System from CardioFocus is designed to make this process much faster and it has just been approved in the EU. Cardiac ablations generally involve performing pulmonary vein isolations, which can take over an hour to perform. By using the HeartLight X3, physicians are able to isolate individual veins within three minutes and perform all required ablations of a procedure within twenty minutes. The whole procedure from start to finish can be done within an hour. As with previous HeartLight systems, physicians are able to see the anatomy they’re working with, can control the amount of laser energy delivered, and benefit from a compliant balloon that makes sure everything is anchored in place.