New equipment for high tech heart surgery at BCCH
3,592 views · Published 15 February 2013 · 2:07 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: BC Children's Hospital Foundation · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism
Meet Ryan Willett, a future football star, who had his heart fixed just in time for Valentine's Day. Thanks to a new piece of equipment purchased by BC Children's Hospital Foundation with funds provided from donors. This 3D mapping system called CARTO is the current state of the art system used to perform catheter ablation procedures. As recently as last year, BCCH had to transfer patients to other hospitals as they could not do this proceedure without this type of mapping system. CARTO allows increased precision in mapping and ablating arrhythmia substrates, with the added benefit of performing the procedures with virtually no radiation exposure to the staff and patient.
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