ablation

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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

Sales of the company’s cardiac ablation products, a set of treatments for the heart condition atrial fibrillation, were up 71% compared with the same quarter last year.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

The anticoagulant drugs and cardiac ablation procedures for treating atrial fibrillation aren’t without complication, so large studies are trying to determine if the additional arrhythmias found by devices like Zio are truly stroke threats.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

Harbaugh had ablation procedures done in 1999 and 2012 to address his previous arrhythmias.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

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

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan