Patients with Atrial Fibrillation are hospitalized twice as often as patients without AFib and are 3 times more likely to have multiple admissions.¹ AFib costs the United States about $26 billion each year.¹

Time is critical for patients with Atrial Fibrillation who present with cardiac issues. GE’s Cardiovascular IT and Diagnostic Cardiology solutions can provide insights throughout the cardiology care pathway to help improve clinical decisions and outcomes.

MUSE^™ ECG Management
By integrating with MUSE, data from home-based patients will be made available to clinicians on the same clinical workspace they use every day. Read More

Centricity^™ Cardio Enterprise²
Helps bridge the gaps between cardiovascular service lines with a single point of access. Read More

Early Detection

There is a strong link between AF and stroke - one in five of all strokes can be attributed to this condition. Approximately 30 percent of people who experience AF-related strokes die during the hospital admission and another 20 percent are likely to die within a year. Care for patients with Atrial Fibrillation starts with identifying high-risk populations, for example–patients with sleep apnea, obesity and/or hypertension. Some regional guidelines recommend regular screening of all patients over 65 years old.³

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based in part on ECG interpretation of the heart rhythm and clinical history.³ Studies indicate that one of the key factors is to differentiate between chronic and paroxysmal AF in order to find the optimal management strategy for the patient.³

MAC VU360™ Resting ECG Workstation
Smart. Integrated. Secure. Innovation with a 360° view of your world or occurred. NEW Smart Lead technology automatically detects when a new patient is connected to help minimize patient data mix-ups. Enhanced hook-up advisor on both the cardiac acquisition module and workstation guide even the newest users to a clean, high-quality waveform. NEW Smart Auto-ECG immediately captures and displays the first clean, high quality waveform reducing repeats. Read More

Vivid^™ Portfolio
Cardiac Auto Doppler automatically provides Doppler measurement results for the most common parameters, with minimal user guidance. Read More

CARESCAPE^™ Monitoring Portfolio
Diagnostic quality of 12SL™ analysis and initial interpretation, along with two-way integration to the MUSE™ cardiology information system for fast, validated access to patient’s 12SL history & serial comparison. Read More

Initial Management

Patients are typically managed with medical therapy such as anti-coagulation and anti-arrhythmic medications. Cardiovascular imaging can also be employed to help determine cardiac function. For patients who don’t respond to medical therapy alone, there are non-surgical treatment options such as cardioversion and ablation.³

Vivid^™ E95
cSound™ beamforming technology for exceptional visualization quality with impressive resolution in 2D, color flow, Doppler and 4D formats. Read More

Pre-Procedure Planning

If considering catheter ablation as a treatment option, pre-procedure planning can involve use of MR or CT imaging to identify anatomical targets for the procedure and understand the extent of AF. These images can help guide decisions on necessity of left atrial appendage closure in certain populations.³

3D Heart
Visualize the anatomical structures and vascularity of the heart with a bright blood, 3D sequence.
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Intervention

During the intervention, it’s important to minimize complications. Interventional system use should be optimized for clinical success while helping to minimize contrast and radiation exposure to patient and clinician.

Innova IGS 5⁶
Helps reduce use of contrast and dose

with one of the industry’s highest ratings for Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE).⁷
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Vivid S70N and Vivid iq IntraCardiac Echo (ICE8,9) E95
ICE technology combined with CARTOSOUND™ provides exceptional image detail, strengthening real-time monitoring and guidance during procedures. Read More

Patient Follow-Up

After an ablation, regular patient follow up and non-invasive imaging assessment may detect potential return of Atrial Fibrillation.³

3D Heart
Visualize the anatomical structures and vascularity of the heart with a bright blood, 3D sequence. Read More

Ambulatory Monitoring Suite
Provides hospital-quality ECG algorithms to ECGs acquired outside the hospital.⁸ Read More

CARESCAPE^™ Monitoring Portfolio
Diagnostic quality of 12SL^™ analysis and initial interpretation, along with two-way integration to the MUSE^™ cardiology information system for fast, validated access to patient’s 12SL history & serial comparison. Read More

Atrial Fibrillation Sources

https://www.acc.org/~/media/Non-Clinical/Files-PDFs-Excel-MS-Word-etc/Tools%20and%20Practice%20Support/Quality%20Programs/Anticoag-10-14/GuidelinesAndBackground/1%20January%20ACC%20AHA%20HRS%202014%20Afib%20Guidelines.pdf?la=en
Centricity Cardio Enterprise is comprised of Centricity Universal Viewer and Centricity Cardio Workflow
Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiovascular Diseases – a European Heart Network paper September 2015
CardioGraphe is the only dedicated cardiology CT on the market.
GE World Class Cardiac CT PPTX, 2017, slide 26 and https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/computed-tomography/revolution-family/revolution-ct, Smart Cardiac section
This presentation refers to Innova IGS 520.
DQE values given are typical at f= 0 cycles/mm with RQA5 conditions as defined by IEC62220-1-3standards
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ICE catheter availability varies by country. Please contact Biosense Webster® directly
https://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/ge-healthcare-and-preventice-solutions-collaborate-extend-heart-station-beyond JB57724US – 5^th paragraph