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Can IPL Laser Therapy Cause Heart Problems?

TinmanDec 4, 2011
I have recently had Supra Ventricular Trachyartia and had an operation to destroy an abnormal conduction pathway in my heart. Would IPL have have caused this - or made it worse?

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Dr. Philip Young, MD
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Answered on Dec 15, 2011
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Dr. Grant Stevens, MD
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Answered on Dec 8, 2011
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Dr. F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam)
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Answered on Dec 14, 2011
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