Psoriatic arthritis is a form of inflammatory arthritis that can affect some of the millions of Americans who have psoriasis. Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes a red, scaly rash, most commonly over the elbows, knees, ankles, feet, hands, and other areas. Arthritis mutilans: Arthritis mutilans is a severe, deforming, and destructive form of psoriatic arthritis that primarily affects the small joints in the fingers and toes closest to the nail. 2  This leads to lost function of the involved joints.
Ablation is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. The type of arrhythmia and the presence of other heart disease will determine whether ablation can be performed surgically or non-surgically. Non-surgical ablation, used for many types of arrhythmias, is performed in a special lab called the electrophysiology (EP) laboratory. During this non-surgical procedure a catheter is inserted into a specific area of the heart. A special machine directs energy through the catheter to small areas of the heart muscle that causes the abnormal heart rhythm. This energy disconnects the pathway of the abnormal rhythm.
Catheter ablation is a non-surgical procedure that is performed by an electrophysiologist (EP). An EP is a cardiologist who focuses exclusively on the diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias and determines where the abnormal tissue in your heart is located.ardiac ablation is a nonsurgical procedure that involves two key stages: mapping and ablation. First, a âmapâ of your heart is made using catheters to identify the location of the abnormal electrical signal that is causing your arrhythmia.