Mayo Clinic Debuts New Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

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46% : Limitations inspired development of new energy sources "The traditional approaches using thermal energy sources to treat AFib -- radiofrequency, laser, cryo energy -- all carry an associated injury risk to nearby structures, the esophagus and the phrenic nerve," says Suraj Kapa, M.D., a cardiac electrophysiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. PFA technology has been in development for more than 18 years.

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