The official opening of the new electrophysiology suite at Mercy Hospital, by Honourable John Key, Leader of National Party, today also opened a pathway for the introduction of even more 'radical' technology-based solution to coronary heart disease.
Few years back, issues of cardiac arrhythmia and blocked or narrowed arteries were treated under a surgeons knife - major and delicate surgery that required relatively long and intense periods of patient management and aftercare. With this new state-of-the-art technology equipped suite, treatments can be carried out on a day-patient basis. These treatments are highly effective and carry much less risk for the patient. This results in health benefits for the patients as well as savings within the wider health sector.
Left to Right: Dr John Ormiston, Dr David Heaven and Hon John Key
The new angiography suite is equipped with latest technology that allows high resolution imaging of the coronary arteries and other cardiac structures, as well as electrophysiology equipment that detects, measures and monitors the heart's electrical impulses.
The new electrophysiology suite provides both investigation and treatment of arrhythmia problems, often simultaneously. Already the new suite, and technology, is being utilised by a growing number of cardiac and radiology specialists who work across both the private and public sectors.
Mercy Angiography's investment in the new technology means a much more effective and efficient outcomes for the patient. It means those with particular heart problems can be diagnosed and treated much more quickly, complications due to surgery can be avoided, patient recovery time is reduced from a number of days to just a few hours and the overall cost of such a procedure is also significantly reduced.