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Dr. Prabal Guha and Dr. Cyrus Kocherla celebrate the opening of the new device lab with the McLeod Electrophysiology Team.
NEW ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY DEVICE LAB AT McLEOD Opens the Way for the Treatment of More Heart Patients
The McLeod Heart and Vascular Institute has opened a new dedicated Electrophysiology Device Lab at McLeod Regional Medical Center. With the opening of the new lab, McLeod Health now has four dedicated Electrophysiology Labs: one at McLeod Health Seacoast and three at the Florence campus. Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Internal Loop Recorders are some of the services that are offered in this new space. Dr. Prabal Guha and Dr. Cyrus Kocherla at McLeod Regional Medical Center, and Dr. Kishore Subnani at McLeod Health Seacoast are the McLeod Electrophysiologists who provide electrophysiology care. Electrophysiology is the treatment of the heart’s electrical system. With this three-physician team, volume demands and case complexity have increased and an additional Electrophysiology Lab was warranted. The new lab had been designed to accommodate physician workspace from both sides of the operating table, ease of access for stretchers, upgraded imaging equipment, and a cohesive monitoring room. Radiation exposure is always a concern in electrophysiology. Excellent image quality and the lowest possible radiation dose are both requirements for patient 14
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and staff. Additionally, the new system at McLeod is a truly integrated solution for enhanced patient care. It is equipped with standard applications for dose savings and image quality enhancements to help deliver better patient care at the lowest possible dose. The two original Electrophysiology Labs at McLeod Regional Medical Center enabled the physicians to perform the more complex cases such as ablations with 3D mapping and the Watchman, an implantable device that reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation related strokes. The McLeod Electrophysiology team was the first to bring this technology to McLeod. Interventional Cardiologists Dr. Brian Blaker and Dr. Ravi Parikh from the McLeod Structural Heart Team are now also credentialed and performing the Watchman procedure.
• STRUCTURAL HEART PROGRAM The opening of the new Electrophysiology Lab has also paved the way for increased availability for cases performed by the McLeod Structural Heart Team. Many of these procedures need the advanced technological equipment available in a specialized lab.