A large, modern hospital, specialized in heart and lung care. Medical specialties include cardiovascular internal medicine, cardiovascular surgery, thoracic surgery, respiration internal medicine and tumor medicine.
Beijing Hospital of the Ministry of Health is a modern general hospital open to the public, with a special mandate to provide medical and health service to senior officials.
What is Catheter Ablation?
Catheter ablation is a treatment procedure performed to treat some kinds of arrhythmia, in which there are problems related to the heartbeat rhythm.
How is Catheter Ablation Performed?
An ablation catheter, which is a thin, long and flexible tube, is inserted into a blood vessel in the arm, groin or neck.
The catheter is guided into the heart thought the blood vessel.
Radiofrequency (RF) energy is sent from a special machine through the ablation catheter into the heart.
Tissues of the heart where abnormal heartbeats occur are destroyed by the energy.
How to Prepare for Catheter Ablation?
A comprehensive electrophysiologic study (EPS) needs to be done before a catheter ablation procedure.
Various tests including chest X-ray, ECG and blood tests need to be conducted before the procedure.
Some medications need to be stopped a few days before the procedure.
Sedative medication will be given through an intravenous line.
About Cardiac Ablations
Key facts to plan your treatment: how long it takes, your hospital stay, anaesthesia, risks and recovery.
Duration of surgery/treatment
4 to 8 hours
Days admitted
Overnight, if there are no complications.
Anesthesia
Local anesthesia
Recovery
- The patient needs to stay in bed for 1 to 6 hours after the procedure.
- The patient is monitored using a telemetry monitor to observe the heart rate and rhythm.
- There may be chest discomfort and feelings of fatigue for about 2 days after the procedure.
- The patient should follow the doctor’s instructions carefully.
- If there is prolonged chest discomfort, the doctor should be informed immediately.
- Anti-arrhythmic medication needs to be taken after the procedure.
- The patient should not drive for a few days after the procedure.
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