The unit's activities are diverse and include:
1. Electro-physiological study (EPS): This test is used to diagnose disturbances in the heart's conduction system and make decisions regarding the need for pacing. It is also utilized to diagnose rapid rhythm disorders.
2. Ablation treatment: This procedure involves the burning of the electrical foci that cause rhythm disorders. It is used to treat rapid rhythm disorders, including supra-ventricular tachycardia such as reentry in the ascending ventricular junctional region (AVNRT) and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW). It also covers atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation. The unit is the first in the country to use cryo balloon technology for pulmonary vein isolation, and advanced 3D mapping systems such as CARTO and Ensite NavX are used as needed to maximize treatment effectiveness.
3. Ventricular rhythm disorders: The unit employs advanced imaging systems, including CT and MRI, as needed, even before the procedure, to enhance treatment efficiency.
4. Epicardial ablations (on the outer side of the heart): Certain rhythm disorders require ablation on the outer side of the heart. The unit's physicians have extensive experience in such cases.
Clinics:
The unit provides comprehensive care to patients in the following clinics:
• Therapeutic balance, consultation, and follow-up for patients with rhythm disorders.
• Selection of patients for ablation procedures, pacemakers, and more.
• Syncope clinic, which includes comprehensive evaluations as needed, and in appropriate cases, tilt table testing and implantation of an internal loop recorder.
• Genetic clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of inherited rhythm disorders.
• Neurocardiology clinic for the diagnosis of specific rhythm disorders in patients after a stroke event, as well as the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation and contraindications to anticoagulation therapy.