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In this video, learn how catheter ablation is used to diagnose and treat heart rhythm disorders from the experts at UAMS Health. Ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that targets the source of abnormal electrical signals in the heart and can be used to treat conditions such as atrial fibrillation (AFib), SVT, PVCs, and ventricular tachycardia (VT). Using small catheters guided through blood vessels to the heart, cardiac electrophysiologists can both identify the problem and deliver therapy—often providing long-term relief and, in some cases, a potential cure.
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One of the procedures—or one of the types of procedures—that I do as an EP is something called an ablation.
And ablations can be of many different flavors. They can be for multiple things. Common problems that require ablations may be PVCs—premature ventricular contractions—ventricular tachycardia, also known as VT, atrial fibrillation, or AFib, and SVT.
Ablation procedures essentially involve us putting catheters through blood vessels that travel all the way up to your heart. We use these catheters to diagnose the electrical problem—or the electrical issue—that you are being faced with, and also use these catheters to deliver therapy in an attempt to treat and get rid of the problem.
Some of these procedures—and this is what I like about EP—is that some of these procedures can actually be curative, as opposed to just being treatments. So, once we do an ablation, this particular issue might not bother you ever again.
