Dr. Chu introduces EX-MAZE procedure at RIH for high-risk A-fib patients

摘要

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospitalis the one of the first hospitals in NewEngland, and the only hospital in theBoston region, to perform a novel proceduredesigned to deliver energy toboth the inside and outside of the heartto treat atrial fibrillation (A-fib). One ofthe first physicians in the country toperform this procedure, ANTONY CHU,MD, is the director of complex ablationswithin the arrhythmia services sectionat the Cardiovascular Institute of theRhode Island and Miriam hospitals.Prior to this, he was the director ofatrial fibrillation at the Reading HospitalMedical Center in Pennsylvania anda clinical faculty member of the ThomasJefferson University CardiovascularDivision. He is a graduate of the YaleUniversity School of Medicine.