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Ablation vs Cardioversion - What's the difference?

ablation | cardioversion |

As nouns the difference between ablation and cardioversion

is that ablation is a carrying or taking away; removal while cardioversion is the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.

ablation

English

(wikipedia ablation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
  • (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
  • (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.
  • (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting.

    • References

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    cardioversion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cardioversion)
  • The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.

    • Related terms

    * cardiovert

    See also

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