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OTHER TREATMENTS

PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI)

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING

PACEMAKERS

DC CARDIOVERSION

ABLATION THERAPY

Dr. Richard Mansfield

Dr. Richard Mansfield
BSc (Hons) MB ChB MD FRCP FESC
CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST

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Ablation therapy

Ablation therapy is used to treat patients with palpitation due to specific abnormalities of heart rhythm.

Ablation therapy requires admission to hospital for a procedure under local anaesthetic and sedation and attempts are made to stimulate the abnormal heart rhythm by placing a number of wires in the heart. The wires (catheters) are passed to the heart using veins in the groin and under the collarbone. If this is successful it may be possible to burn away part of the lining of the heart using techniques such as radio frequency or cryoablation. In many patients this is very successful and curative.