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I had a pacemaker put in last year. i had a ablation done also. now they are talking about going in and atrial ventricular node. how would it help me?
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Total control: To obtain total control of your heart beat,ablation of the AV node is necessary to interrupt all beats from the atrium above and let the pacemaker in the ventricle control your heart beats. I assume the initial ablation apparently failed to correct the A Fib and you continue to have fast uncontrolled heart rate,thus the decision to ablate the AV node
Answered 11/6/2014
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