The tip of the catheter delivers radiofrequency energy that heats and destroys tissue that is sending out erratic electrical signals.
The treatment, called catheter ablation, involves burning selected spots of tissue inside the heart with
the tip of a catheter.
Not exact matches
As the needle
tip progressed from the high right atrium to the inferior vena cava, the thin foramen ovale manifested as a hypoechoic region between the thick limbus fossae ovalis and the tendon
of Todaro (with a diagonal artifact from the ICE
catheter and sheath).
The findings help researchers understand how the beetle manages to make love without breaking itself, but could also improve the design
of medical devices such as
catheters, which can lead to complications from inexact
tip placement and line buckling, NPR reports.