Stereotaxis GentleTouch™ Magnetic Treatment
Your heart. It’s a powerful muscle that keeps you moving each day. But it’s also surprisingly fragile and its thin walls can be damaged by the slightest touch.
The Stereotaxis GentleTouch™ Magnetic Treatment System combines precise, computer-aided magnetic guidance with gentle catheter contact, enabling our doctors to navigate and treat the heart without risks associated with manual and mechanical devices.
Wheaton Franciscan - Wisconsin Heart Hospital is the only hospital in Wisconsin to offer this new sophisticated system.
Stereotaxis technology uses computer-controlled magnets- positioned outside the body-to steer catheters and guidewires through the delicate cardiovascular system. With computer assistance in precise navigation, the doctor is able to focus on the patient and the outcome rather than the mechanics of the procedure. THe Wisconsin Heart Hospital uses this groundbreaking system to treat a number of heart irregularities including:
- Arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, as well as supraventricular tachycardias
Redefining Heart Care Precision, Outcomes
Stereotaxis offers innovation in healing by providing gentle access to remote areas of the heart that have been difficult to reach before. This technology opens up a new avenue of care for some patients who would otherwise be referred to highly invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. And there is now potential to help patients suffering from atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmias who would have had to rely on drug therapy alone, which may only partly address their symptoms. Other benefits of the system include:
- Shorter procedures and faster recovery time
- Less exposure to X-ray radiation and dyes
- Reduced risk of serious complications from perforation of blood vessels or heart tissue
- Reduced likelihood of referral to highly invasive open-heart surgery
Q&A About the Stereotaxis System
Why is Stereotaxis a better treatment option?
This new technology offers a safer, more effective and less-invasive alternative to conventional treatments such as open heart surgery or invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. Stereotaxis also offers potential for curative interventional treatments to patients suffering from atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmias who would otherwise have to rely on non-curative drug therapy that may only partly address their symptoms.
What kind of cardiac procedures can Stereotaxis perform?
Stereotaxis technology is designed to help with a variety of cardiac procedures including atrial fibrillation ablation, cardiac resynchronization therapy and treatment of multi-vessel and other complex coronary artery disease, including chronic total occlusions, or CTOs, that comprise chronically and fully blocked coronary arteries. In many cases, these treatments would have required conventional methods that are so complex that they could be performed by only a small number of physicians and hospitals.
The Stereotaxis Difference
Learn more about the Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group - Heart Rhythm Specialists who work with the Stereotaxis technology for their patients.
For more information about the Stereotaxis system or a procedure that’s been recommended, we encourage you to contact your doctor directly or email us at deborah.kozina@wfhc.org. You can also learn more at www.stereotaxis.com