Opportunities and perspectives of stereotactic radiosurgery for non-invasive arrhythmology interventions

Because of the high prevalence of different types of arrhythmias in population, new strategies and treatment methods are being developed by medical communities. The most perspective strategy for treating refractory arrhythmias is stereotactic radioablation. This article presents the review of experimental and clinical researches of radioablation of different heart zones and describes the first experimental study of stereotactic heart radioablation in Russian Federation.

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