Nevada patients get a jolt of hope with new heartbeat tech
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas recently introduced technology to treat heart rhythm disorders, building on the hospital’s earlier success using pulse field ablation — the delivery of electrical pulses to kill cells causing the irregular heart rhythm.
Sunrise’s new system is integrated with a sophisticated mapping system that allows doctors to more accurately identify and treat parts of the heart responsible for abnormal rhythms, called arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation, a type of arrhythmia characterized by irregular and often very rapid heart rhythms, increases risk of stroke, heart failure and other conditions and can lead to blood clots in the heart.
"We are committed to providing our patients with the most innovative and effective treatments available," said Todd P. Sklamberg, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center CEO. "This new technology underscores that commitment and will allow us to offer a new level of care for patients with complex cardiac arrhythmias."