Visually-guided laser may be viable treatment for abnormal heartbeat
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new treatment known as a visually-guided laser-balloon catheter successfully interrupted abnormal electrical pulses in patients and pigs with intermittent, irregular heartbeats, in a study reported in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, a journal of the American Heart Association.