Cardiac Arrhythmia

Overview

Your heart’s electrical system controls how your heart pumps blood throughout your body.  Problems with this electrical system can lead to cardiac arrhythmia, or heart rhythm disorders. The Main Line Health Heart Center offers leading electrophysiology capabilities to diagnose and treat these disorders. Some of the most common include supraventricular arrhythmias, ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation. 

The Main Line Health Heart Center’s state-of-the-art electrophysiology labs offer integrated mapping and imaging systems. This technology helps us better identify and address underlying factors in a heart rhythm disorder. We offer a wide range of treatments – including atrial fibrillation ablations; ventricular tachycardia ablations; single, dual and biventricular pacemakers; and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). Our patients also have opportunities to participate in clinical trials.

The Main Line Team

The Main Line Health Heart Center team includes skilled, experienced electrophysiologists – each with more than 15 years of experience in the field. Many also hold board certification. Complementing our physicians is our outstanding nursing team. Main Line Health’s Bryn Mawr, Lankenau and Paoli Hospitals have been recognized with Magnet® designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This designation places Main Line Health in the top 3 percent of hospitals nationwide for nursing excellence.

Our Experience

As one of the busiest in the Philadelphia area, our electrophysiology center performs a high volume and broad range of procedures for heart rhythm disorders:

• We performed more than 300 electrophysiology procedures, including procedures to treat atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, in 2010.
• Our center implanted more than 600 devices, including biventricular pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICDs), in 2010.
• We offer sophisticated ablation treatments for people who have atrial fibrillation that hasn’t responded to medical management.
• We also use ablation to treat atrioventricular (AV) nodal dysfunction, atrial tachycardia, accessory pathways, ventricular tachycardia and atrial flutter.

Why Choose Main Line Health

When it comes to heart rhythm disorders, the Main Line Health Heart Center offers a team-based, safety-centered approach to patient care. Because of the depth and breadth of our resources, we’re able to tailor therapies to each individual. We combine clinical experience and expertise, leading-edge technologies and compassionate care to help deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients. 

Locations

• Bryn Mawr Hospital
• Lankenau Medical Center
• Paoli Hospital