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Puerto Rico launches innovative equipment to treat arrhythmias that “paints” the heart in search of diseased tissue

El Nuevo Día documented the use of the new catheter in surgery on a 12-year-old girl diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. It was the first time this advanced technology was used in a Latin American country

June 26, 2024 - 12:53 PM

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The advanced equipment that the Cardiovascular Center premiered in Puerto Rico is an OPTRELL catheter, launched by Johnson & Johnson MedTech. (Carlos Rivera Giusti)

By David Cordero Mercado

Periodista investigativodavid.cordero@gfrmedia.com

In the daily routine, simple activities such as eating, sleeping, watching tv or playing in the park were interrupted for the 12-year-old girl who on Monday was connected to several monitors in an operating room at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, at the Río Piedras Medical Center.