Heart burn

A well-established and relatively simple electrical procedure called catheter ablation is being put to a new use. The procedure eliminates electrically unstable tissue in the region of a scar left by a severe heart attack and thus reduces a patient's risk of fainting or even dying suddenly from...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 1995-06, Vol.32 (6), p.17
Main Author: Bell, Trudy E
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