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How Heart Monitoring and Ablation Helped One Father Overcome AFib

$MDTPress releaseOct 12, 2026, 1:00 PM ETRead the release

Medtronic published a patient story about Todd Repass Jr., whose atrial fibrillation was diagnosed and managed using the LINQ II insertable cardiac monitor and later treated with pulsed field ablation using the Sphere-9 catheter. The LINQ II, an insertable monitor about a third the size of a AAA battery, captured AFib episodes that external Holter monitors had missed, guiding doctors to recommend the ablation. More than a year after the procedure, Repass reports being AFib-free with continued device monitoring.

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Afib us adults
more than 10 million

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