What is heart cauterization?

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Chloe Adams · Accepted Answer

Cardiac cauterisation is a procedure that uses heat to treat tachycardia.

a procedure used to treat patients whose cardiac muscles are producing abnormal electrical signals, leading to ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Catheters are inserted from the legs into the heart during the process, which is also referred to as Electrophysiology Study and Ablation, and they are positioned there to record electrical signals. In order to identify the regions of the cardiac muscle causing the aberrant signals, tachycardia is created. Then, radioenergy, or heat, is applied to those regions to cauterize the muscle.

Grayson Anderson · Answer

undefined Heart catheterization, also known as cardiac catheterization or coronary angiography, is a medical procedure used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. During the procedure, a thin, flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck and threaded through to the heart. Once in place, various tests and treatments can be performed, including measuring blood pressure in the heart's chambers, taking samples of blood, injecting contrast dye to visualize blood flow in the coronary arteries, and performing interventions such as angioplasty or stent placement to open blocked arteries.