First evidence for painless atrial fibrillation treatment

Sunday, July 6, 2014 - 20:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have the first evidence for a shockless treatment for atrial fibrillation. For the current study, the researchers devised a method of shockless defibrillation. They used optogenetics to genetically insert depolarising ion channels into the heart that can be activated by light.

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