BREVARD HEART RHYTHMS

Many arrhythmias can be localized to very small area of the heart using special mapping techniques and eliminated with ablation procedures... 3-D mapping images ( below ) demonstrates human left atrium reconstructed during ablation procedure with 3-D mapping ( NAVAX ) next to computer image of the same patient's left atrium. This type of real-time imaging of the heart is used for navigation inside of the heart and performing ablation procedures. It is common to perform CT can of the heart or MRI of the heart prior to ablation procedures, so these images can be fused or use to guide ablation procedure. Ablation-basically means destruction of small area of tissue with eventual formation of scar tissue. Scar tissue acts like a block to electrical conduction to prevent arrhythmia or directly destroys small area causing abnormal rhythms. Most common energy sources to perform ablation are thermal ( RF, microwave, ultasound, laser etc ) or using extreme cold ( cryoablation )... ablation of..

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