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(also known as Cardiac Ablation)
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) uses radiofrequency energy to destroy abnormal electrical pathways in heart tissue. It is used in recurrent AF and other types of supraventricular tachycardia. The energy emitting probe (electrode) is placed into the heart through a catheter. The practitioner first "maps" an area of the he... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Arrhythmias | 33 |
76% |
| Lung Cancer | 7 |
86% |
| Chronic Pain | 7 |
86% |
| Back Pain | 6 |
83% |
| Other Heart Problems | 2 |
100% |
Overall, 78% (63
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Radiofrequency Ablation Reviews
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The ablation seemed to work until recently. It has been 13 years.
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I have had this done about 45 times now it helped me for about 6months or so. The only problem is you cant keep having this procedure cause after so many times doing it your nerves dont grow back rightthey grow back like tree roots to where it cause you more pain in the long run. Im suffering from that now theres nothing to fix it.
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I had this done 5 times every time it worked some what for me about 6 months. But the only problem side affect from it is when the nerves grow back they hurt even more than what they did. You cant keep having this procedure done cause your nerves wont grow back the way they are suppose to. They will grow like tree roots cause more pain im suffering from that NOW. Not Fun.
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It seems to have successfully reduced the nodule to a lesion but there is still extensive inflammation in this region and mobility would be seriously affected if the high dose of steriods was reduced.
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I was in chronic bradycardia, with the culprit PVC originating from a sincle source in my ventricle. They were able to find it and ablate it (I thought this was laser ablation, though). I was awake and have never screamed so loud. It really hurt, but fortunately the sensation/pain was over almost immediately. And it worked righr away!
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After three hospitalizations, and two attempted ablations, I spent two weeks at the Mayo Clinic. While there, my Dr.s discovered I had not one but three spots where my heart was misfiring. They were only able to ablate one; it has helped, but I still have arrhythmias.
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First one went well they thought they hadd it ..it came back they got it again they saw another one but couldnt track it then did another one couldnt get it again.finally the fourth they were going to give me a pacemaker if they couldnt get it they did but froze it instead and no pacemaker. now they tell me i have more and used the word multiple.
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had an ablation with the mini maze procedure and so far it's doing what it is suppose to do
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Worked on the areas used for approximately 7 months
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