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Cardiac Ablation
Our Approach to Ablation
For many people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) and certain other abnormal heart rates known as arrhythmias, medications do not work to reduce their symptoms. Cardiac ablation, a minimally invasive treatment, can successfully treat many arrhythmias, preventing serious complications such as sudden cardiac arrest.
Doctors at Stanford are at the forefront of research to improve cardiac ablation using the latest technologies. Our arrhythmia team is pioneering new ablation therapies that will lead to better outcomes for patients.
WHAT WE OFFER YOU FOR CARDIAC ABLATION
- Active clinical research to advance new minimally invasive treatments such as cryoballoon ablation. Co-invented by our medical director, this procedure uses extreme cold to freeze arrhythmia-causing heart cells.
- Leading expertise in FIRM ablation, a new technology for locating and treating the precise regions in your heart that cause arrhythmia. We were one of the first U.S. hospitals to offer this treatment.
- Close collaboration with Stanford’s cardiac surgeons to develop a hybrid surgical-catheter ablation procedure for people with advanced AFib. A national clinical trial is currently underway.
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What Is Cardiac Ablation?
About Cardiac Ablation
This procedure treats certain arrhythmias and other structural heart conditions. An arrhythmia develops when the heart’s electrical impulses become uncoordinated, causing the heart to beat too slowly, too fast, or in an erratic way.
Cardiac ablation helps prevent arrhythmias by disrupting their electrical pathways, restoring a normal heartbeat. Our doctors start with a catheter-based test, an electrophysiology (EP) study, to evaluate your heart’s electrical activity and pinpoint the areas for ablation.
If you are having a catheter ablation, we perform the study and the ablation during the same procedure. Our electrophysiologists:
- Insert catheters (thin, flexible tubes) with electrode tips through a blood vessel in your groin (upper thigh), arm, or neck
- Guide the catheters through your blood vessels into your heart
- Send tiny electrical pulses to make your heart beat at different rates and to map the areas in your heart that cause arrhythmia
- Use either heat energy, extreme cold or a chemical substance (depending on the type of ablation) to treat tiny areas of tissue and restore a regular heart rhythm
Cardiac ablation may be right for you if:
- Medications for arrhythmia either did not work or caused serious side effects
- The arrhythmia increases your risk of life-threatening complications, including sudden cardiac arrest
Our Clinics
Our experienced electrophysiologists provide superior care with a compassionate touch for people with all types of arrhythmias.
Our team includes experts from several heart specialties with decades of experience in patient-centered care.
Cardiac Ablation
Our world-class electrophysiologists have extensive experience in developing and using cardiac ablation to treat people with AFib and other arrhythmias.
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