Non-Invasive Radiation Therapy to Treat Deadly Heart Rhythm (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis have, for the first time, used a completely non-invasive combination of mapping and radiation therapy to treat a life-threatening heart rhythm problem. They've used radiation therapy to treat the irregular and deadly heart rhythm problem known as ventricular tachycardia. Jim Dryden has the story...

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