Cutting-edge robotics to treat cardiac arrhythmias
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 08:01
in Health & Medicine
Cardiac experts who fix arrhythmias, which are electrical problems of the heart, must perform complex catheter procedures while the heart is still beating in order to pinpoint where an electrical malfunction is taking place. Now, electrophysiologists at Rush University Medical Center are using a new robotic system that allows them to treat abnormal heart rhythms with greater precision.
