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Radiation therapy can be used to safely treat a fast heart rate disorderRadiation worked as well as catheter ablation to treat ventricular tachycardiaPeople treated with radiation were less likely to die or experience severe side effects

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Targeted radiation therapy might be a safer way to treat a potentially dangerous heart rate problem, a new study says.

Radiation therapy treated ventricular tachycardia as well as a standard but complicated procedure called catheter ablation, researchers reported Sept. 29 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics .

At the same time, fewer patients treated with radiation died or experienced serious side effects, compared to catheter ablation, results from the small-sca

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