Electrophysiology measures how electrical signals control heart rhythms through ion channels, tiny proteins embedded in cardiac cells that open and close to regulate ion movement across the cell membrane. This keeps the heart beating in a coordinated rhythm unless the electrical signals break down. That breakdown can trigger arrhythmias and other life-threatening heart rhythm problems. … Read more

New mapping technologies improve electrophysiology outcomes through higher spatial resolution, structural scar architecture data, and real-time lesion-formation confirmation in medical practice. Many ablation targets are invisible to point-by-point systems, but high-density 3D electroanatomical mapping can help identify the unseen. CT, MRI, and intracardiac echocardiography with AI integration can reveal midmyocardial and epicardial substrates before catheter … Read more

When the beat of your heart gets out of sync, or encounters other electrical problems, there are an array of devices and procedures available to help keep your heart pumping right. Cardiac electrophysiology devices and techniques are used to treat and diagnose electrical-related problems with your heart. From pacemakers to electrocardiograms (EKG), health care providers … Read more

We all know the feeling of our heart racing or fluttering as we get excited, nervous, or stressed. But what is going on in the heart to get a heart rhythm? The heart contracts and expands to pump blood through the body using an electrical stimulus that starts in the heart’s sinoatrial node. That electrical … Read more

Electrophysiology studies are common in cardiac care, but they’re not necessarily common to the average person. Also known as an EP, this is a detailed study that looks at the heart’s electrical activity. These studies are usually ordered by doctors when there is a problem with how a person’s heart works. This can tell doctors … Read more

Your heart and your car have more in common than you might think. Both rely on electricity to function properly. In your heart, a series of electrical pathways must work in a carefully choreographed pattern to make the heart muscles move in the right order to get blood out to the rest of your body. … Read more