We'd rather treat a serious arrhythmia in the lab with our staff than have the patient suffer an arrhythmia recurrence at home in the middle of the night. At times, patients may have a difficult time understanding the necessity of undergoing such a procedure and our entire staff has to patiently explain, responding to questions that may be emotionally charged. Every referring physician gets a letter or phone call, or both, about the patient before and after each evaluation. We're available for consultations, and we offer a Tuesday morning weekly conference and a yearly symposium as part of our program at Stanford. Room 5, our electrophysiology lab.
People visit from all over the world.
We use biplane fluoroscopy, three types of radiofrequency pulse generators. We have FDA-approved catheters for arrhythmia ablations. We offer the ability to channel patients to either a drug protocol or an invasive protocol based on judgment rather than on the availability of equipment or personnel. Understandably, patients are often taken by surprise with the seriousness of their arrhythmias. We assist patients in accepting their diagnosis.