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ablation

[a-blay-shuhn] / æˈbleɪ ʃən /




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In addition, it may improve MRI guided cancer treatments by directing RF energy more precisely for procedures such as tumor hyperthermia or thermal tissue ablation.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

The company didn’t detail the investments but said they further reinforce the momentum of its cardiac ablation business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Laser therapy, or laser ablation, is a procedure done under local anaesthetic where a laser burns away the abnormal cells.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

Farapulse is a catheter ablation technology using PFA, or pulsed field ablation.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

Like its Soviet predecessors, the Viking landing maneuver involved an ablation shield, a parachute and retro-rockets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

After his two previous episodes of atrial flutter, Harbaugh underwent ablations, which are minimally invasive procedures that treat irregular heartbeats by destroying heart tissue that causes abnormal electrical signals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

Pollard tried medication, and has had three ablations — procedures to try to break up the signals causing the irregular heartbeats.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

He needed a pacemaker, and he’s undergone three ablations for atrial fibrillation.

From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016

Patients in the ablation arm were allowed up to two ablations with Medtronic’s Phased RF Ablation System to achieve treatment success, and were followed at 1, 3 and 6-months post-treatment.

From Forbes ● Oct. 10, 2011

As we came down to the lake in the morning to perform our ablations, we saw a fine deer on the opposite shore, feeding upon the pond lilies that grew along in the shallow water.

From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by S. H. (Samuel H.) Hammond


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