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Electrophysiology

Rhythm Center

An irregular heartbeat doesn’t have to keep you from the life you love. Our expert electrophysiologists (EPs) can help get your heart and life back in rhythm with everything from pacemaker or defibrillator implants to minimally invasive ablation and hybrid techniques for disorders that do not respond well to traditional treatments.

Treatments

  • Ablation: When performing cardiac ablation procedures, doctors scar small portions of the heart that may contribute to heart rhythm problems. This scarring can prevent these abnormal rhythms from moving throughout the heart.
  • EP studies: An intracardiac electrophysiology study is a test designed to see how efficiently your heart’s electrical signals are working. It detects abnormal heartbeats or rhythms.
  • ICD implantation: An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is used to detect a life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat. When or if this happens, the ICD sends an electrical shock to the heart to re-establish its normal rhythm. The ICD is placed in your chest, with leads (electrodes) placed in your heart.
  • Lead extractions: When leads placed in the heart from a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator need to be removed, a lead extraction takes place. They are removed through incisions in either the upper chest or groin. Lead extraction cannot be performed for leads placed outside the heart.
  • Loop recorder implantation: An implantable loop recorder (ILR) is placed beneath the skin in your chest and is used to look for the causes of fainting, palpitations, very fast or slow heartbeats, and hidden rhythms that can cause strokes. The ILR works as an electrocardiogram, detecting your heart’s electrical signal.
  • Tilt testing: A tilt-table test is used when you frequently feel faint or lightheaded. It involves lying on a table that is slowly tilted upward and measures how blood pressure and heart rate respond to the force of gravity.
  • Pacemakers: A pacemaker is a device that sends small electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate or to stimulate the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). Pacemakers are used to treat patients with brady-arrhythmias, slow heart rhythms that may occur as a result of disease in the heart's conduction system.