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What is a cardiac ablation?

LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is having a cardiac ablation during the offseason. It's a procedure to treat an irregular heart rhythm. The procedure involves creating tiny scars in the heart that then ...
If you are diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, you usually have three treatment choices: monitoring (called active surveillance), surgery, or radiation therapy. Whole-gland ablation is an ...
Jim Harbaugh told reporters Tuesday he had two successful surgeries during the 2025 NFL offseason. One was a hip replacement; the other was a cardiac ablation done after the 61-year-old coach ...
The heart is at the center of a complex electrical system. Just like any machine, sometimes the system does not always work correctly. There may be a short circuit. This could lead to an abnormal or ...
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's Volt™ PFA System to treat patients battling atrial fibrillation (AFib). Abbott will soon begin ...
Patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting have a higher survival advantage if they received surgical ablation during the procedure compared to patients who did not, ...
A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.
Sarawak has reached a new milestone in advanced cardiac care with the successful completion of the first EPi-Sense hybrid ...
Abbott will soon enter the competitive U.S. pulsed field ablation (PFA) market, having just received FDA approval for its ...