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Minimaze Procedure

A small flexible tube (catheter) is inserted through incisions between the ribs. The catheter uses radiofrequency energy to create scars in the upper chambers of the heart to redirect the heart’s electrical signals and correct the heartbeat.

Repaired manBecause a Minimaze procedure fixed his irregular heartbeat, Edward Diefenderfer of White Haven, Pa., can once again fix anything with an engine.

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Need Help? Call 610-402-CARE (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday) to talk to nurses and other experts who can help you find a heart care doctor and more.

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Lehigh Valley Hospital has campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazelton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.

 
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