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Monaco leads the way in treatment of cardiac disease

2012-02-20 15:47

Futuristic present day treatment against cardiac disease provided by Monaco-USA Atrial Fibrillation

Arrhythmia is the general technical term for electrical heart rhythm disorders, an affliction that affects around 10% of the population and in certain cases is found in people as young as 50. Until recently physicians had limited options available, with the most common treatment being the use of drugs such as flecainide, amiodarone. However, these have considerable side effects

In 2011 the Arrhythmia Treatment Centre at the Princess Grace Hospital underwent a significant upgrade with the installation of the latest state of the art equipment. It is with our sincere thanks to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II for his enthusiastic support, the efforts of the board members of Monaco USA - Danny Hill, Chris Le Vine and Mike Powers, Stereotaxis as well as Professor Nadir Saoudi and his team at the Princess Grace Hospital in making this very important upgrade possible.

Further to a significant donation by Monaco resident, Mr. John Hargreaves, the centre has just completed a further important upgrade by Stereotaxis, thus enabling it to be right at the cutting edge of the treatment of this disease.

With the acquisition of the Niobe ES Epoch and Odyssey System Princess Grace Hospital has now become the first centre worldwide to possess the latest technological advancements in robotic navigation and information sharing technologies in the treatment of cardiac disease. As a result of these significant upgrades, patients are provided with the following:

- Faster recovery times with a shorter hospital stay and subsequently less time off work
- Successful conclusions to previously inoperable cases with the use of a dedicated drive box, control system and platform allowing a robotically precise treatment.
- Shorter operating times entailing a significant reduction in patient exposure to x-rays.
- A viable long term solution to a disease that is growing in epidemic proportions due to longer life expectancy and unhealthy diets.
- Global collaboration on difficult cases though information sharing technology. Unsurpassed patient safety with robotic precision.

These latest robotic advancements in the cardiac medical world are a major step towards improving treatment and exceeding the precision of the human hand.


^{Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco}

In March 2011 the team at Princess Grace Hospital ran their first and very successful Arrhythmia course covering live case demonstrations, lectures and case discussions.

On 5th April 2012 the centre will hold its second three day course. As a result of the hospital’s ever increasing reputation the word has spread to places as far away as Australia, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon with the Monaco team expecting 60+ fellows for April’s course. Members attending will be flying in from some very prestigious institutions such as Harvard, Mayo, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, UPENN, University of New South Wales as well as many major European centres & universities.

The course's reputation has increased exponentially thanks to all the hard work last year and the accreditations we have obtained for the venture of 2012. These essentially consist of the endorsement from the Heart Rhythm Society, the validation from the European Heart Rhythm Association and the accreditation from the French Society of Cardiology.


^{Professor Saoudi at the controls}

In 2011, Professor Nadir Saoudi, Head of Cardiology at the Princess Grace Hospital was made Chairman of the Society for Cardiac Robotic Navigation (SCRN).

For further information please click on the following link: http://www.atrialfibrillationmonacousa.org