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Question:
Can cardiac ablation be performed on someone with breast implants?
submitted by Dorothy from Seattle, WA on 8/11/2017
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, J. Alberto Lopez, MD
Yes, breast prosthetics are outside of the chest, hence they do not change any cardiac procedures.
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