Cryoablation, on the other hand, freezes those small parts of the heart muscle. They decided cryoablation was the best treatment for her atrial fibrillation. "I trusted him explicitly, " she says. "I said, 'Let's do this. '" Cryoablation procedure "When you have atrial fibrillation, nerve endings in [your] heart are misfiring, " says Weeks. "The cryoablation goes in there and freezes them off. " Dr. Wickliffe explained that it would take six to eight weeks for the nerve endings to scar and the irregular rhythms to stop. "Miraculously, after two months it totally went away, " she says. Living with a normal heartbeat "For the last year it's just been back to normal, having fun with my grandchildren, exercising, doing all the things I've done before, " says Weeks. She knows the atrial fibrillation could come back, but Dr. Wickliffe is confident that she's "98 percent cured. " Click here to learn more about Piedmont's Cardiac Electrophysiology Program. Need to make an appointment with a Piedmont physician?
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