Proton therapy could improve treatment options for dangerous heart rhythm disorder
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A first-in-human study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic has shown how proton therapy could provide a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat ventricular tachycardia (VT), a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder. In the small group of patients examined in this early feasibility study, the treatment led to a 79% reduction in VT episodes.
VT is a type of abnormal heartbeat in which faulty electrical signals in the ventricles cause the heart to beat too quickly, meaning that it can’
VT is a type of abnormal heartbeat in which faulty electrical signals in the ventricles cause the heart to beat too quickly, meaning that it can’
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