What factors should I take into account when considering cardiac ablation as a treatment option?
Factors you’ll want to consider when choosing an optimal treatment for your arrhythmia include safety, effectiveness, and cost of treatment. Safety: Cardiac ablation is a low-risk procedure that may cure the symptoms of your heart arrhythmia. In many cases, patients who have received an ablation procedure either experience a long-term reduction in the number of symptomatic episodes and severity of symptoms, or a permanent return to normal heart rhythm. Typically, they can return to their normal life and activities. However, as with any procedure, there are risks that potentially include bleeding or bruising, swelling, blood clots, a slow heart rhythm, or perforation of the heart muscle, blood vessel, or lung. This also means that medicines for controlling the arrhythmia can be reduced or stopped following successful cardiac ablation. Complications from medicines used to manage arrhythmias can include fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, and drug toxicity as well as more serious com
