Surgery Illustration (IMAGE)

Imperial College London

Surgery Illustration

Caption

Clinicians attempt to destroy the local sources of chronic atrial fibrillation by burning the heart from the inside. However, with multiple sources positioned at various depths in the heart wall, such an approach may be ineffective and unnecessarily harm the patient.

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Madalena Sas

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