TV MEDIA
May 3, 2012
Kerri Powers, a musician and personal trainer has long suffered from SVT, a form of arrhythmia. For more than 19 years, Kerri was misdiagnosed. Watch the news clip to learn more about Kerri's condition and her Stereotaxis treatment by Dr. Dell'Orfano.
New Robotic Heart Treatment Available at St. Alphonsus
March 18, 2012
Dr. Rakesh Pai treats his patient, while he’s sitting in a control room and the patient is in another room. “She's in her 40’s. She's had a history of racing heart beat that's been going on for a number of years. She's tried medication and hasn't been terribly successful,” he said.
University Hospitals: Magnets guiding doctors through the heart
December 22, 2010
CLEVELAND -- University Hospitals is using a new type of technology that utilizes magnets to navigate catheters through the heart.
Noninvasive Heart Surgery at MCGHealth
December 1, 2010
A new device at MCGHealth helps those with irregular heart beats. A high school Senior and his family share their story and talk about how the machine helped.
Remotely controlled heart procedure offered in Edmonton
November 30, 2010
The human heart can now be repaired by remote control and Edmonton is one of three Canadian cities that has the system to do it.
Grand Opening of the Department of Arrhythmology Maria Celilia Hospital Cotignola
November 22, 2010
For the first time in Italy two patients in two hospitals were treated through two robots controlled remotely via internet. Driving the robots was the cardiologist electrophysiologist Carlo Pappone who, from the Arrhythmia Department of the private Hospital Villa Maria Cecilia in Cotignola (Ravenna), providing instructions to the robots has performed two AF ablations on a patient hospitalized in the Citta 'Studi Hospital in Milano and a on a patient hospitalized in the Hospital in Cotignola.
October 21, 2010
Singer songwriter Kerri Powers always keeps a steady beat when practicing at home, but for most of her life, her heart didn't. Kerri suffers from a relatively common heart arrhythmia that made life and performing difficult. Dr. DELL'ORFANO: You don't have to take medications. You don't have to worry about side effects. You have a 95 percent cure. BUCHANAN: It's been two months since Kerri's procedure and she's never felt better. Ms. POWERS: I feel like I have a new lease on life.
New EP lab offers curative therapy with reduced risks
June 17, 2010
Electrophysiology services at the University of Rochester Medical Center have expanded with the introduction of a third electrophysiology (EP) laboratory featuring cutting-edge technology for the treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmia. The use of the new Stereotaxis Magnetic Navigation System allows physicians to conduct more complex procedures to treat conditions such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular.....
New Technology Helps Arrhythmia Patients
May 27, 2010
Robotic Technology Pinpoints Catheter Placement The Heart Hospital in New Mexico unveils a new technology that could help cure patients with irregular heart rhythms.
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
March 1, 2010
Maggie Berk, a nurse at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, was experiencing fatigue and heart palpatations. It was discovered that she was experiencing atrial fibrillation. Dr. Mitch Faddis treated her wtih catheter ablation, which was taken to the next level with a system developed at the hospital called Stereotaxis. Stereotaxis is essentially 3-D mapping. Maggie was in the hospital less than 24 hours, and now has her energy back and enjoys her life.
The TODAY Show goes inside the O.R.
February 2, 2010
Dr. Mauricio Arruda, a leading electro-physiologist and Director of the University Hospitals Heart & Vascular Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, performed a live cardiac ablation procedure using Stereotaxis. The patient was a 69 year old woman who suffered from a severe cardiac arrhythmia. The procedure was completed successfully.
Cardiovascular Research - Stereotaxis Niobe System
February 10, 2008
Generous support keeps The Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute on the cutting edge of technology. Thoughtful gifts of all sizes make possible the equipment and research our doctors and scientists need to make the important discoveries today that will help build a healthier tomorrow. The Stereotaxis Niobe System is the first of its kind in the world. Its magnetic navigation system enables medical teams to digitally navigate catheters and devices along the complex paths of the heart – making it minimally invasive. This cutting-edge technology will enable our physicians to complete more complex interventional procedures and enhance the treatment of coronary artery disease and arrhythmias. One of the top cardiac research hospitals, Florida Hospital has impacted medical procedures locally and nationally with its research.
