Ablation: Solving Heart Rhythm Problems Cardiologist FAQ

What ablation is practically it can mean two things, exactly you burn the electrical circuit or you freeze the electrical circuit. I give my patients examples of soldering it's like when you solder to metal, you hold it together. So it's pretty much a specialized wire. / The way the procedure is once the you are past the simple stuff, taking medication, you re-do an electrical study of the heart what is called an EP study an Electrophysiology study where this is normally done under an conscious sedation through your groin ,a couple of wires are placed in your heart in strategic locations basically we look to find out where is the short circuit and if we prove what the different areas it can be based on its location it can be burnt. / What it is, is a special kind of wire where we heat and burn the tissue there distorting the short circuit, we can also freeze it using a cooling technology.