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was the one Provenzano chose: a sur-
gery called atrial ibrillation ablation.
His doctor, at the Arizona Heart Rhythm
Center, would go in through the femo-
ral vein in his thigh, snake a catheter
up to his heart, and burn out portions
of the hyperactive pulmonary vein so
it would stop triggering janky heart
rhythms. The surgery has a 90 percent
cure rate, but it still scared the heck out
of the ordinarily dauntless Provenzano.
The operating room was like some-