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Department of Medicine - Section of CardiologyClinical Programs
Arrhythmia Management and Interventional Cardiology Our electrophysiology and cardiac catheterization laboratories perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients with acute and chronic coronary disease, congestive heart failure, valve disease, congenital heart defects, cardiomyopathy and peripheral vascular disease.
The electrophysiology team at Temple is dedicated to providing the highest quality treatment for heart rhythm abnormalities and palpitations and for reducing long-term risk for patients with heart failure and other causes of sudden death.
Our fully equipped lab allows us to treat the full spectrum of electrophysiology patients. We perform the newest ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation and flutter, corrections of abnormal conduction that induces palpitations and arrhythmias due to scarring from previous heart attacks.
We evaluate and treat all types of rhythm disorders, including:
Studies and procedures we perform include:
Temple is consistently at the forefront of technology and treatment, implanting the newest pacemakers and implanted defibrillators and using new atrial ablation techniques to cure atrial arrhythmias.
Research projects at Temple include testing of new medications for treatment of arrhythmias, measures of arrhythmias in patients after heart transplant and measuring the effects of cardiac resynchronization on heart function in patients with heart failure. We are also pioneering a new technique to diagnose heart failure at earlier stages, often before patients feel symptoms, and testing an oral anti-coagulant for use in atrial fibrillation.
Contact: 215-707-4724
The interventional cardiologists, nurses and technicians at Temple Heart Center are fully dedicated to interventional and diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures. Consistently at the forefront in developing new techniques, Temple plays a leading role in many of the breakthrough trials in the field, from drug-eluting coronary stents to embolic protection tools for high-risk patients.
We perform the full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for coronary disease treatments with outcomes that meet or exceed national standards. These include:
We also perform the full spectrum of vascular therapeutic procedures, including:
Recent expansion of our facilities and equipment brings us to four complete, fully digital catheterization laboratories including two equipped to do full coronary and peripheral vascular diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Our extensive patient database allows us to access thousands of treatment plans. On a routine basis, we perform high-risk interventions on heart failure patients who have often been turned away by other institutions. We also have expertise in caring for, managing and performing procedures on lung, heart and other transplant patients in collaboration with our transplant and lung volume reduction surgery programs.
Contact: 215-707-5500
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Contact Information:Department of Medicine Section of Cardiology, General Appointments 3401 North Broad Street Parkinson Pavilion 9th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19140 T: 215-707-3346 F: 215-707-4733
Appointments: Temple Access Center T: 215-707-5555 F: 215-707-2600
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