Patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation, the shape of the most common arrhythmia in adults, can now be treated with a new technology at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS). The property is the first in Quebec to use this method reduces both the stress of patients and doctors. Method to treat arrhythmia in CHUS The technique involves inserting a catheter into the heart to burn the nerve tissue causing the irregular heartbeat. The new method used to CHUS usually combines two independent systems. One takes pictures of the anatomy of the heart in real time and the other produces three-dimensional images from inside the body. The method reduces the time for intervention and risks that may be involved. "It burns the places that need veins Removal and then avoids places that should not be affected," said Dr Jean-François Roux, who is cardiologist-electrophysiology. This intervention, which lasts four to five hours, thereafter allows patients to stop taking drugs to treat arrhythmia. About 2% of adults who are aged over 60 suffer from atrial fibrillation.
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