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Good news, it seems a hologram is very effective in showing the surgeon exactly where the rogue electrical impulse is travelling so he/she can zap it. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08nyrng

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sotolol

Thank you for sharing will look at that ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป

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sotolol

Amazing letโ€™s hope eh! Brilliant. Thank you again.

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wilsond

Improving techniques gives us hope! I have hesitated ..let's hope this gives better results x

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secondtryโ€ข in reply towilsond

Sounds like it will save many of the almost automatic second ablations as well as avoid over burning where not necessary.

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Buffafly

I particularly liked the bit about โ€˜walking around inside the heartโ€™ - awesome!

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Cally53

Wow, very interesting.

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Steve101

Just brilliant! Wonder when that technology will be available in UK?

Thanks for sharing.

Steve

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jerseygirl49

thank you for posting the link - just amazing how these things are developed and they give hope for the future.

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Cookie24

Wow

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doodle68

Talking of ablations of the future I am waiting with interest for the results of the 'Pulsed' trials, I first posted about the PFA technique a couple of years ago it is now being developed by a number of companies and the results are looking good ..

''๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 100 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ข-๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ต 12 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด.

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This is another method of ablation being trialed I believe this autumn by Atrian and uses Pulsed Electrical Fields to ablate hyperactivity on the external surface of the heart sparing other tissue...

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''๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ-๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช (๐˜Ž๐˜—๐˜ด) ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต.''

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secondtryโ€ข in reply todoodle68

Fingers crossed, there is certainly scope for improvements!

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doodle68โ€ข in reply tosecondtry

We can but hope ST ๐Ÿ˜Š meanwhile no one is going to do anything invasive to my heart I will hold out for something better...

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