Ablation Heart Surgery. An irregular heartbeat increases the chances of a blood clot breaking off entering the bloodstream and leading to a stroke. Cardiac ablation is a medical procedure for treating arrhythmia irregular heartbeat and atrial fibrillation afib.
A short relatively pain free procedure that can steady heartbeats by disrupting the electrical signals causing it to beat irregularly. The cardiac ablation procedure for some patients doctors can perform an ablation without changing your heart s rhythm. Cardiac ablation surgery can help correct arrhythmias which are irregularities in the rate of the heartbeat the rhythm of the heartbeat or both.
Atrial flutter occurs when your heart s electrical signals tell the upper chambers of your heart atria to beat too quickly.
An irregular heartbeat increases the chances of a blood clot breaking off entering the bloodstream and leading to a stroke. Svt ablation is used to treat heart rhythm problems that affect the heart s upper chambers and cause an abnormally fast or erratic heartbeat. Diagnostic catheters are threaded through blood vessels to your heart where they are used to map your heart s electrical signals. Cardiac ablation is a procedure to scar or destroy tissue in your heart that s allowing incorrect electrical signals to cause an abnormal heart rhythm.