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Who Needs Catheter Ablation?
Your doctor may recommend catheter ablation if:
- You have an arrhythmia that medicine can't control.
- You can't tolerate the medicine your doctor has prescribed for your arrhythmia.
- You have certain types of arrhythmia. (Your doctor can tell you whether catheter ablation can help treat your arrhythmia.)
- You have faulty electrical activity in your heart that raises your risk of ventricular fibrillation (v-fib) and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). V-fib is a life-threatening arrhythmia. SCA is a condition in which your heart suddenly stops beating.
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Catheter Ablation Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that explore whether a medical strategy, treatment, or device is safe and effective for humans. To find clinical trials that are currently underway for Catheter Ablation, visit www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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