EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Las Palmas Medical Center is offering a new treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, using robotic machinery controlled by surgeons to operate in and around the heart.
Hospital officials said the therapy allows for precise treatment and a quicker recovery because it is minimally invasive.
Speaking to KFOX14/CBS4 on Thursday, Richard Aldersley, a former atrial fibrillation patient, said, “The care in El Paso is extraordinary, and with this pioneering procedure it’s minimally invasive. Recovery time is very short and allowed me to get back to work.”
Dr. Hector Flores of El Paso Southwestern Cardiovascular said the new approach reflects the importance of keeping up with advances in medicine.
“You have to follow technology, because at the end of the day, that’s where innovation is, and it pleases me more than I can express that El Paso is not being left behind,” Flores said.
Las Palmas Medical Center said the treatment is the first of its kind in El Paso.
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