The Clinical Hospital of the Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology (formerly the Municipal Hospital) has carried out the first electroporation ablation procedure in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, combined with three-dimensional mapping of cardiac arrhythmia. It is one of the modern cardiology methods being implemented thanks to nearly 20 million PLN in funding from the National Recovery Plan (KPO).

The use of the most advanced 3D mapping and ablation tools was dictated by the complex nature of the atrial fibrillation substrate in a patient who had previously undergone two procedures at another center.

“Three-dimensional mapping makes it possible to create, in real time, a virtual model and the electrical activity of the patient’s heart. This allows us to precisely locate and then destroy fragments of tissue responsible for the arrhythmia. It increases treatment effectiveness, shortens procedure time, and reduces radiation doses,” explains Dr. Tomasz Białoszyński, Head of the Clinical Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases.

The procedure was performed by the electrophysiology laboratory doctors—Dr. Bartosz Żuchowski and Dr. Robert Żmijewski—with the support of the anesthesiology team: Dr. Edyta Romatowska and nurse Wojciech Kaczmarek, as well as the echocardiography team: Dr. Danuta Karasek and Dr. Kinga Kuriga. Adrianna Jęchorek, MSc, was responsible for operating the electrophysiology system, and the procedure was assisted by nurses Monika Wesołowska, MSc, and Ewa Murawska. Given the innovative nature of the procedure, integrating PFA technology with 3D mapping, representatives of Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson MedTech also provided support.