New Treatment for Irregular Heart Beats: Radiation

[BubblesL]

Hi!-The Dec. 13 of NYTimes reported on new research at Washing U in St. Louis, where doctors used short bursts of radiation to kills cells that were misfiring. Apparently successful for the patients. The article is at

nytimes.com/2017/12/13/heal...

Wondering if anyone has heard of this treatment.

[jennydog]

This is revolutionary. We shall have to see how it affects AF treatment in the long term.

I had radiotherapy on my shoulder 25 years ago to treat cancer in my left arm. It caused serious damage and is probably the cause of fibrosis in my left atrium.

Last year there was some information released about breast cancer patients having radiotherapy. They were advised to hold their breath during the radiation to prevent damage to their hearts.

[BobD Volunteer]

This appeared a couple or days ago here and apparently it is only available for patients with life threatening VF at present. Maybe at some point in the future it may be developed more but don't hold your breath. .

[Adiepie in reply to BobD]

I thought holding your breath sorted out AF.......