Electrophysiology and Pacemaker Labs

Our hospital specializes in electrical conduction in the heart and is recognized as a leader in diagnosing and treating cardiac arrhythmias.
Physicians on the medical staff at Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital have pioneered many of the developments in electrophysiology and are involved in numerous ongoing research projects. Services and studies include:

Therapies for the management of heart failure, including biventricular pacing
Extensive research on implantable devices, including new pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to treat atrial arrhythmias
Ongoing efforts to examine patients with coronary disease and low ejection fractions, to determine who is at risk for sudden death and whether ICDs will treat episodes of sudden cardiac death and prolong survival
Comprehensive evaluation for patients with syncope and palpitations, including ambulatory and implantable cardiac monitors, head-up tilt testing and invasive electrophysiologic studies
Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation
Laser-assisted lead extraction
Catheter ablation for supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias, using advanced mapping systems, intracardiac echocardiography and pulsed fluoroscopy, all of which limit patient radiation exposure
The most experience and expertise in the region with catheter ablation of complex supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias

Electrophysiology: Why the test is performed, how the test is performed, how to prepare for the test and more.

Pacemakers: About implant surgery, why they are used and more.

Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System's subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital or Baylor Health Care System. Photographs may include models or actors and may not represent actual patients.