A doctor typically inserts a catheter (a very thin, flexible tube) into a blood vessel in your neck or groin and guides it to your heart. Then your doctor can use one of many types of ablation to create scarring on your heart to prevent your abnormal heart rhythm. You and your doctor...
Using X-ray guidance, a wire (catheter) is inserted through a vein in the groin to reach the heart. Electrical recordings from inside the heart help locate the AV node. The AV node is destroyed (ablated) using heat delivered by the catheter. After successful ablation of the AV node, ...
As with any medical treatment, individual results may vary. Only a cardiologist or electrophysiologist can determine whether ablation is an appropriate course of treatment. There are potential risks including bleeding, swelling or bruising at the catheter insertion site, and infection. More serious comp...
Convergent procedure.This pairs catheter ablation with a mini maze. One doctor uses radiofrequency ablation in the pulmonary vein, and a surgeon makes a small cut under your breastbone to use radiofrequency energy on the outside of your heart. Left atrial appendage closure.This seals off a spo...
Catheter ablation: This involves placing catheters in the heart that deliver radiofrequency energy to destroy the parts of the heart tissue that are causing the abnormal heart rhythm. Permanent pacemaker: This involves implanting a small device near the heart to send electrical impulses to maintain...
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At UPMC, our specialists use AFib ablation to treat symptoms that have not responded to medications. This procedure can restore the heart to a normal rhythm.
PFA is a newer ablation technology that uses electrical therapy to specifically target the heart cells causing the irregular heartbeat while reducing the complications typically seen in thermal ablations.*2,3 The FARAPULSE PFA System is a proven minimally invasive treatment designed to return your ...
Other non-medical treatments for this heart disease include, for example, electrical cardioversion, catheter ablation therapy, pacemaker implantation, the Maze procedure, and others. Most treatment programs for atrial fibrillation begin with drugs. Usually, these drugs are grouped into three large ...
Catheter Ablation for AFib In this procedure, long thin tubes (catheters) are inserted, usually into the groin and guided through a vein to the heart. Special techniques are used to map out the area or “hot spots” that trigger the arrhythmia. These are usually located in the left atrium...