HRX NeXt Episode 10: A Conversation About Going Beyond the Ablation: Building a Smarter EP Workflow

We want to bring more attention to the Synaptic EP portfolio and how it can help build a smarter EP table.

So currently, there is tremendous attention on the advances in ablation technology, as you're all aware, particularly in PFA, but the primary therapy is only one part of a much larger procedure.

Today, we want to look at how access, navigation, workflow, device selection, and economics influence your modern EP lab.

When you think about how EP has evolved over the last few years, what parts of the procedure or workflow are not getting enough attention? Dr.

DiLergio, I'll start with you.

As ablation platforms have become more sophisticated, has the way you think about your supporting tools in your procedures changed?

Well, it has a little bit.

As you mentioned in your introduction, we've seen this real change in our workflows, very dramatic with the introduction of PFA and its widespread and rapid adoption.

So we're all doing PFA now, and we're selecting different PFA systems manufactured by any of the big companies that are bringing that technology forward.

But it's interesting when you talk about supporting tools because we start to get in the habit of using the same supporting tools that an individual company may provide with their suite of PFA tools.

And they may or may not be the best tools or the most versatile tools for us.

So for example, we may have sheets that are functional but not optimal.

We may have transeptal systems that are also usable, but again, not optimal for us.

And some companies don't even really offer these products individually.

So I think tonight we'll be talking a lot about how we can bring in tools that are really specifically engineered to give us more economical and more effective and really purpose-built tools to help us do some critical parts of the job.