Brain Aneurysm Treatment Used for Irregular Heartbeats

A team at the University of California, Los Angeles, has used a brain aneurysm treatment to treat life-threatening irregular heart rhythms, known as ventricular arrhythmias. In two patients for whom traditional techniques did not work, a team of cardiologists and interventional neuro-radiologists used coil embolization – a brain aneurysm treatment –  as an out-of-the-box method to treat the patients’ irregular heartbeats. For more information, click here to read the full story.