ablation

An arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm which causes the heart to beat either too fast or beat irregularly in a disorderly manner and such abnormal rhythms if persisted for long can lead to fall in BP causing fainting or syncope and may…

My heartbeat is rapid — very seldom below 100 beats per minute, even after a good night’s sleep. I have atrial fibrillation and am prescribed bisoprolol, but I am still not cured. Would an ablation help?Allan Pirrie, Livingston,…

By Keith Roach, M.D. on Nov 21, 2022 DEAR DR. ROACH: I suffered a lower back injury in 2001, with crushed and bulging discs in the L2, L3, L4 and L5 vertebras. After over a year of physical therapy and drugs, my pain doctor tried an…