Electrophysiology Lab: Equipment & Facilities

Curing complex supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias with radiofrequency catheter ablation requires superior technology. The Clinical Cardiology Electrophysiology Service has an Endocardial Solutions non-contact mapping system, an expandable array of 64 electrodes which generates over 3,000 virtual electrograms to map the endocardium of a given chamber in a single heart beat. A complimentary electroanatomic mapping system (Biosense) will be acquired soon. This system creates voltage maps that identify channels capable of reentry, which are targets for catheter ablation. These 3-dimensional mapping systems offer precise non-fluoroscopic catheter navigation to critical target sites and additional confirmation of ablation success. Intracardiac echocardiography is also utilized to facilitate complex ablations.