Cardiac Catheter Ablation

Treatment in Minnesota

Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is one of the most experienced medical centers in the country for treatment of heart arrhythmias, treating thousands of patients each year. Heart specialists and surgeons consult with patients to determine the most appropriate treatment. Heart specialists offer leading-edge treatment options that are available at only a few medical centers in the United States.

The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases includes more than 150 cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in 26 dedicated clinics and laboratories who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of more than 120 heart conditions and diseases.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals in Heart and Heart Surgery by U.S. News & World Report.

Electrophysiology Laboratory

Mayo Clinic's Electrophysiology Laboratory in Minnesota treats children, adolescents and adult patients with heart arrhythmias. Outpatients are seen in the Arrhythmia Clinic and Pediatric Cardiology Clinic.

The laboratory has more than 25 years' experience diagnosing and managing heart arrhythmias, including patients with syncope, supraventricular tachycardia (e.g., AV nodal re-entry, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome), atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, and survivors of cardiac arrest. The laboratory staff has performed more than 10,000 electrophysiology procedures during the past five years and more than 1,400 pulmonary vein isolation procedures during the last four years. Annually, more than 400 patients with atrial fibrillation are treated with pulmonary vein isolation and more than 100 are treated with AV node ablation.

Treatment Team

Treatment involves electrophysiologists — cardiologists with specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders — in the Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Ablation Laboratory in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Appointments

For appointments or more information, call Cardiovascular Diseases at 507-284-3994 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday, or complete an online appointment request form. No physician referral is necessary. Cardiologists generally can see most patients within two weeks after their appointment requests, and often cardiologists can see patients within a week or less after the appointment request. Patients with urgent issues can usually be seen within 24 hours after their requests. In emergencies, patients are directly transferred to inpatient hospital care.

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