A REVOLUTIONARY PLATFORM OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Houston Methodist Hospital houses two laboratories with Hansen Medical’s robotic system for application and development of advanced, catheter-based cardiovascular procedures. “We have one of the largest — if not the largest — experiences using robotic ablation both for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia,” said Miguel Valderrábano, MD, chief of the division of cardiac electrophysiology at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center. “We were the first to report successful treatment of ventricular tachycardia with the robot.”
These advanced imaging and navigation laboratories use an electrophysiological approach to cardiac ablation with robotics. One is located in the Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & EducationSM (MITIE). Our physicians are pioneering work with robotics in the non-electrophysiology realm. “Now we can navigate catheters remotely using robotics, without turning on the X-ray machine. And it is highly accurate. It has unprecedented stability and navigation capability,” said Alan B. Lumsden, MD, medical director of the heart center.
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