A unified answer to heart rhythm care

Electrophysiology (EP) is the fastest growing market segment in cardiology. In some hospitals EP diagnostics, device implants, and interventional ablations account for up to 50% of total interventional Cath lab procedures. But not everyone can handle this volume.

Through systems integration we can help you realize your EP potential.

What does that mean to you, your staff and your patient?

Need for cohesion
The population is aging, and heart rhythm disease is on the rise. Many electrophysiology departments are having difficulty dealing with this increasing demand and the need to perform more complex patient treatments. Working along with an assembly of standalone equipment, EP practitioners struggle to find an efficiency of process. Procedures are increasingly difficult and often very lengthy.

Today, technological advancements and procedure reimbursements are making investment in an EP program more practical. And institutions are looking for a unified approach.

The Philips proposition
The diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm related conditions involves many technologies. Effective and efficient results are best achieved when all technologies work together. Ease-of-use and simplification of process helps positively impact patient outcome.

We’re steadfast on:

Improving the EP lab working environment - We design our EP labs around the way you work. As an example…

Less clutter means a more efficient lab – equipment from different vendors can be easily connected and efficiently stored, keeping your room clean.
Lower X-ray dose during long procedures – special EP settings reduce patient as well as physician and staff exposure.

Enabling new, complex procedures – Our advanced technologies help expand the potential for A-fib treatment and CRT/ICD implants. For instance…

Live 3D ultrasound can determine ejection fractions and measure ventricular dyssynchrony.
Our CT EP planning tool provides detailed insight into the left atrium, pulmonary veins, coronary sinus and cardiac veins.
Stereotaxis integration; The Allura-Niobe interface for the Allura Xper FD10 makes the x-ray system compatible with the Stereotaxis Niobe System.

Integrated data management across the entire EP workflow process – Data and images acquired from different technologies is collected and delivered to one location. Imagine…

You have access to X-ray, EP recording, EP mapping, Ultrasound, CT, MR and ECG information from a single workstation.
Control of EP recording can be accessed right from the X-ray system’s user interface.

A portfolio that fits
The breadth and depth of our products and solutions support the entire EP care cycle. And on-going relationships with third party vendors such as EP MedSystems, means we can be a ‘one-stop-shop’ for your integrated EP needs.

We can support your needs in every phase of the EP care cycle – allowing you to realize your potential in this fast expanding market:

PageWriter Touch ECG system – records, analyzes, print stores and transmits ECGs
Holter Monitor – captures critical heart data
StressVue – simplifies advanced exercise stress testing
iE33 Live 3D Echo – provides live 3D quantitative echo imagery for diagnosis, pre-procedure planning and monitoring
MR and CT – delivers pre-operative anatomical detail and functional imaging for ablation and implantation planning and guidance
Allura Xper FD interventional X-ray systems – aid in navigation of ablation catheters and guides device implantation
BV Pulsera mobile X-ray – assists in device lead placement
EP WorkMate – provides activation, mapping and recording (from EP MedSystems)
ViewMate – Intra Cardiac Echo - allows optimal viewing of the heart’s interior during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (from EP MedSystems)
IntelliVue patient monitors – displays critical information right at the patient’s side via large easy-to-read screens
HeartStart MRx defibrillator – analyzes heart rhythm and resets sinus rhythm in patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation
Xcelera Information Management system–
- manages patient’s demographic history, images and data from multiple modalities, and displays it on a single workstation
- permits access to all clinical analysis and reporting tools from within the X-ray suite
- records and stores procedural data for easy access throughout the institution

For the patient’s sake
Dr. F. Roosevelt Gilliam III knows it’s the patient that comes first. “Electrophysiology will make use of this integration by bringing all these modalities together and providing better patient outcomes. I think it comes back to what we’ve always emphasized. Patient safety is enhanced because we do procedures better and quicker.”

[Published: 2006-10-17]

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ability to import CT data, MRI data, all of this is critical if you’re doing complex ablations – to be able to look at these various imaging modalities on one platform is key.

- F. Roosevelt Gilliam III, M.D.

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