Home > Heart Disease > Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Jun 19, 2008 by VPlumb, Views: 9455 Dr. Vance Plumb from the University of Alabama at Birmingham discusses the use of ablation for atrial fibrillation. Atrial Fibrillation is the most common heart arhythmia. It can cause symptoms such as fast heartbeat, irregular pulse, chest pain, shortness of breath, and dizziness. In an ablation, you find the electrical activity in the heart that is causing the abnormal rhythm, then use radiofrequency energy to burn that area. Atrial fibrillation is a serious abnormal heart rhythmm and having ablation is a great cure. My brother has had it and it looks like heart disease runs in my family. alanstD56 12.7 years ago