An effective method for treating select cardiac arrhythmias is the use of high-frequency alternating current to destroy strategic cardiac tissue and reroute the cardiac impulses generated.These procedures are known as
A)selective coronary angioplastic repairs.
B)cardiac ablation treatments.
C)left ventriculograms.
D)cardiac valvular replacements.

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Ablation therapies involve either heating or freezing tissues within a chamber of the heart that is considered to be the etiology of the arrhythmia.Radiofrequency ablation involves the use of electrodes at the tip of catheter wires,which are heated with radiofrequency energy.Whether heating or freezing,the involved tissue is ablated,and the arrhythmia is resolved.

An Effective Method for Treating Select Cardiac Arrhythmias Is the Use