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East Tallinn Central Hospital cardiologists to begin using Conduction System Pacing, which is now available in all Estonian hospitals
East Tallinn Central Hospital is introducing new devices that enable the implementation of Conduction System Pacing (CSP). This makes Estonia the first country in the world where all hospitals that install pacemakers offer this method of heart care.
On Thursday, 6 February, a training session was held at East Tallinn Central Hospital, where internationally renowned cardiac physician Dr Jarkko Karvonen, from the Helsinki University Hospital Heart and Lung Centre, introduced the new devices, and their use in Conduction System Pacing, to doctors. Dr Jüri Voitk, senior cardiologist at the North Estonia Medical Centre, and cardiologists from East Tallinn Central Hospital also took part in the training.
‘Conduction System Pacing is a more accurate method of installing a pacemaker, which mimics the natural work of the heart and helps to improve the quality of life of patients with heart rhythm disorders,’ explained Dr Heli Kaljusaar, Head of the Centre of Cardiology at East-Tallinn Central Hospital. ‘It is now available in all Estonian hospitals where pacemakers are installed – which makes it unique in the world,’ Kaljusaar added.
East Tallinn Central Hospital is introducing Conduction System Pacing in cooperation with the medical technology companies Biotronik and Abbott, who have contributed to the development and distribution of the devices.