Cardiac ablation surgery preparations. Surgical equipment being prepared in an operating theatre prior to cardiac ablation surgery. This is a techniqu

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Cardiac ablation surgery preparations. Surgical equipment being prepared in an operating theatre prior to cardiac ablation surgery. This is a technique that uses catheters inserted into the heart to heat or freeze tissue to ablate (destroy) the tissue to reset the coronary rhythm. This technique is usually used to treat arrhythmia (an irregular heart beat). Photographed in the UK.

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