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Radiofrequency Ablation

A thin, flexible catheter is inserted into a blood vessel through a small puncture. An electrode at the end of the catheter creates heat. The heat cauterizes and destroys the tissue in the heart causing the abnormal heart rhythm. Special 3-D computer technology is used to help ensure the success of this procedure.

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Making time for herself Diane Chernaskey of Hellertown, Pa., attributed her racing heartbeat to the stress of raising her active family. However, it was caused by a birth defect and cured with radiofrequency ablation.

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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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