New Ablation Technique Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Ventricular Tachycardia Heart Rhythms - HospiMedica

A new ablation technique for patients with ventricular tachycardia has been used in a first-in-human multicenter trial that involved several methods to directly eliminate abnormal heart tissue which causes life-threatening rhythm.

Therapies of medication and traditional ablation, which uses heat or cold to scar small areas of heart tissue, may not be enough to prevent ventricular tachycardia, an abnormally rapid heart rhythm t… [+2738 chars]

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