The Department of Cardiology of AIIMS Bhopal organized a workshop -cum-CME on cardiac electrophysiology study (EPS) and Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) on September 26 and 27.
In the workshop, patients of uncontrolled and rapid heart rate known as arrhythmia, which is very difficult to treat by medications for whom, the definitive treatment is only EPS and RFA. 3D Carto electrophysiology technique was used to map the arrythmogenic part of the heart. This technique is available in very few centers of India. In this workshop the AIMS Bhopal Cardiologist Dr Gaurav Khandelwal, along with the other experts of the field treated 4 patients of this difficult to treat disease.
Dr Rajkumar Mantravadi, Pune and Dr Annirudh Vyas, Indore supervised the workshop. A CME was conducted in which few Cardiologists of the City and the Doctors of the AIIMS Bhopal understood the details of this advanced technique by the experts.
Dr Gaurav Khandelwal assured that more such workshops would be conducted in AIIMS Bhopal in the coming time, so that the complex arrthmia patients can be treated in Bhopal itself. The 3 D mapping is considered the best for the treatment of Complex fast heart rate. Patients generally have to spend more than Rs 3.5 lakh in other private hospitals of Metro Cities for this demanding treatment. In AIIMS Bhopal, it was done at nominal charges.
Prof (Dr) Sarman Singh, Director, AIIMS. Bhopal while talking about the importance of this workshop said that new technology with respect to cardiac care are being continuously adopted and doctors are being regularly trained in AIIIMS Bhopal to provide economical & quality treatment/care to Heart ailments.