Cryoballoon Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
Why is Cryoballoon better than RF Ablation?
The Left Atrium is a very thin structure with the esophagus, pericardium, lungs, and nerves very closely related. RF is cautery. It is a powerful energy source that can easily heat through the left atrium and damage these adjacent structures.
WARFARIN Study at Colorado Heart & Vascular
WARFARIN Study at Colorado Heart & Vascular to Assess Impact of Genetic Testing in Reducing Hospitalizations and Deaths Caused by Warfarin
To improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs, Denver takes major role in first personalized medicine study authorized by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Freezing Out A-Fib
A revolutionary new procedure is stopping atrial fibrillation cold — and saving lives
Coloradan Bob Knudsen will tell you he never expected to see 60. Now, at 64, he’s ready to get his racket back on the tennis courts and his RV back on the road.
Cryoablation for Atrial Fibrillation at St. Anthony Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital cardiologist J. Thomas Svinarich, MD, FACC is one of a select few specialists across the country performing balloon cardiac cryoablation to treat atrial fibrillation, an often life-threatening heart condition. St. Anthony Hospital is the first and only medical center in Colorado and the region to offer the breakthrough procedure and Dr. Svinarich has now completed more than 30 cases and is establishing St. Anthony Hospital as an arrythmia managment center for Colorado.
"This procedure has been used in Europe for more than five years, and the U.S. clinical trials were completed nearly two years ago. The fact that St. Anthony Hospital chose to embrace this new technology early allowed us anticipate procedures and obtain necessary training.
