[HSF] A. Fib.

[Ajit Damle]

Article on atrial fib ablation in NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/health/07heart.html?pagewanted=1
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"The original form of atrial ablation, using surgical tools, is still
employed, but almost always restricted to cases where the chest is already
being cut open for heart valve replacement or other surgery. But most atrial
ablations are now minimally invasive procedures using tiny devices mounted
at the end of long, flexible plastic catheters that are threaded into the
heart through veins."