Cardiac Ablation
After your electrophysiology study, a cardiologist might recommend that you receive cardiac ablation therapy. Ablation is a medical procedure performed to prevent abnormal electrical impulses from occurring.
Many people have abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, that cannot be controlled with lifestyle changes or medications. In some cases, the most effective treatment is to destroy the tissue that is the cause of the problem.
Ablation is performed exactly like an electrophysiology study; however, an additional catheter is placed in the heart at the site of the arrhythmia so radiofrequency can slowly destroy the cells causing the problem. This procedure is performed through the Electrophysiology Program.
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