A patient is scheduled for catheter ablation therapy. When describing this procedure to the patient's family, the nurse should address what aspect of the treatment?
A) Resetting of the heart's contractility
B) Destruction of specific cardiac cells
C) Correction of structural cardiac abnormalities
D) Clearance of partially occluded coronary arteries
Ans: B
Feedback:
Catheter ablation destroys specific cells that are the cause or central conduction route of a tachydysrhythmia. It does not "reset" the heart's contractility and it does not address structural or vascular abnormalities.
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