Jim Harbaugh told reporters Tuesday he had two successful surgeries during the 2025 NFL offseason. One was a hip replacement; the other was a cardiac ablation done after the 61-year-old coach ...
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What is a cardiac ablation?

LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is having a cardiac ablation during the offseason. It's a procedure to treat an irregular heart rhythm. The procedure involves creating tiny scars in the heart that then ...
If you are diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, you usually have three treatment choices: monitoring (called active surveillance), surgery, or radiation therapy. Whole-gland ablation is an ...
Patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting have a higher survival advantage if they received surgical ablation during the procedure compared to patients who did not, ...
CMS has approved electrophysiology ablation procedures for the ASC setting, marking a major advancement for outpatient cardiology and potentially accelerating the specialization of cardiac ASCs.
Medications are the first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation, or A-fib. When they begin to fail, one option is ablation.
A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.