The use of intense cold to destroy the source of abnormal electrical signals, which can cause the heart to beat irregularly.
the killing of diseased tissue through freezing.
use of freezing cold temperature delivered via a catheter to destroy a small area of the heart to prevent arrhythmia D E
(also Cryotherapy, Cryosurgery) Destruction of cancer cells and their blood supply by administering a lethal freeze that immediately ruptures cell walls. A double freeze/thaw cycle helps insure that frozen cells cannot survive or recur.
The surgical removal of a tissue employing of freezing.
Cryoablation is a technology that restores normal electrical conduction by freezing tissue or heart pathways that interfere with the normal distribution of the heart’s electrical impulses. Cryoablation is used in two types of intervention for the treatment of arrhythmias: (1) catheter-based procedures and (2) surgical operations.
