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EP Study


Electrophysiological testing is a procedure used to provoke known, but infrequent, arrhythmias and to unmask suspected arrhythmias. Using local anesthesia, temporary electrode catheters are positioned in the heart’s atria and/or ventricles and at strategic locations to record cardiac electrical signals and “map” the spread of electrical impulses during each heartbeat.


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