1st Yeditepe Arrhythmia Symposium Held

The '1st Yeditepe Arrhythmia Symposium' was held in Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital recently. The meeting was attended by cardiologist Prof. Dr. Experts from Turkey and abroad attended to watch the technique, which entered the world literature called 'Cardioneuroablation' developed by Tolga Aksu, on site.

In the symposium attended by many local and foreign physicians, Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital Cardiology Specialist Prof. Dr. Tolga Aksu said that they aimed to contribute to the education of electrophysiologists and cardiologists in Turkey with this meeting, where some special areas of complex electrophysiology were evaluated. prof. Dr. Aksu said, “Our aim in this training meeting is to bring together physicians from abroad with physicians in Turkey and to explain in which patients and under what conditions this type of new treatment methods should be applied.

6 of our electrophysiologist physician friends from different states of America came to learn the technique on the spot. We did two live cases yesterday. At the symposium we held today, the subject was discussed in detail. Our participants in the hall will be able to follow the live event that we will hold, as well as watch it online.

Our live case today is a young patient in his twenties who fully complies with the ablation method we have described. He was experiencing various fainting attacks due to stopping in his heart. For this reason, it is recommended to install a pacemaker in many centers. However, as in this case, especially our young patients may find it difficult to tolerate the pacemaker for some reasons. As a result of our evaluation, we thought that this case could be treated with ablation therapy.”

Underlining that the indications for use of the pacemaker are different and that there is a patient group that must be used, Prof. Tolga Aksu said, “There should be no misunderstanding about this. We also use it for patients who must be treated with a pacemaker. The main point here is to know that it is possible to treat this condition without a pacemaker, especially in some young patients who have arrhythmia. At this point, the biggest aim of our meetings is to have both cardiologists and electrophysiologists in Turkey have information about this treatment and guide the patients correctly.

We recommend that people who faint especially under the age of 40 should be seen by a cardiologist, diagnosed with various tests, and if the disease is determined to be due to cardiac arrest, they should be seen by an electrophysiologist. I would like to underline that we can treat 20-30 percent of patients who have cardiac arrest and therefore need a pacemaker, without a pacemaker and without leaving a permanent scar, only with ablation.”