Heart rhythm problems workshop held

Chandigarh: An arrhythmia workshop for the patients suffering from various heart rhythm problems held at Mukut Hospital here on Friday. The workshop was jointly organized by Mukat and Dr Bisht’s Heart Clinic.

During the workshop the patients underwent electrophysiological (EP) study radiofrequency (RF) ablation procedure for the cure of arrhythmia.

Speaking during the occasion, Dr Devendra Bisht, senior interventional cardiologist & electro-physiologist stated that many patients who are visiting our Heart Clinic are suffering with heart rhythm disturbances. The patients present with symptoms of palpitations, shortness of breath, fainting, chest pain, paralysis and in extreme cases cardiac arrest.

EP study is a test performed to assess one heart's electrical system and is used to diagnose abnormal heartbeats. The test is performed by inserting catheters and then wire electrodes, through blood vessels that enter the heart, which measure electrical activity, he informed.

Once the diagnosis of pathological beats is confirmed it can be cured by RF energy passed by a catheter. The test is performed under local anesthesia and patients can be discharged a few hours after the test. This facility is available in limited cardiac centers in the tricity, informed Dr Bisht.