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2. Fairfield Medical Center becomes first in state to use ... - AOL

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   LANCASTER – Fairfield Medical Center recently introduced pulsed field ablation (PFA) therapy for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (afib). Without early intervention, this dangerous ...

3. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating , which become longer or continuous over time. [ 4 ]

4. Ablation stopped AFib in 81% of patients in new study - AOL

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   Using real-world data, researchers found that 81.6% of patients were free from AFib one year after RF-based ablation - a higher percentage than attained in clinical trials.

5. EXCLUSIVE: Woman, 35, hospitalized with heart condition ... - AOL

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   People with frequent Afib might undergo a more aggressive treatment call ablation, where doctors burn or freeze that areas of the heart that are contributing to the irregular heartbeat.

6. Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   There are no formal diagnostic criteria for TIC. Thus, TIC is typically diagnosed when (1) tests have excluded other causes of cardiomyopathy and (2) there is improvement in myocardial function after treatment of the tachycardia or arrhythmia. [1] [5] [6] Treatment of TIC can involve treating the heart failure as well as the tachycardia or ...

7. Catheter ablation - Wikipedia

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   Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses radio-frequency energy or other sources to terminate or modify a faulty electrical pathway from sections of the heart of those who are prone to developing cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.