{
  "id": 7623999,
  "title": "New ablation approach improves outcomes for persistent atrial fibrillation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/new-ablation-approach-improves-outcomes-for-persistent-atrial",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-15T19:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-ablation-approach-outcomes-persistent-atrial.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and increases the risk of conditions such as stroke and heart failure. An established treatment is catheter ablation, in which physicians use thin catheters to create small scars in heart tissue to block the electrical signals that cause the arrhythmia. Despite treatment, many patients with the more difficult-to-treat form, persistent…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}