Atrial Fibrillation, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention

Catheter ablation

Catheter ablation

When the medications do not work to control atrial fibrillation when the doctors use this method, the professional medical inserts a thin and long catheter into the patient’s groin and travel to the heart through blood vessels. The tip of the catheter forms extremely cold or extremely hot radiofrequency energy to destroy certain areas of the heart, which are producing irregular heartbeats.