An innovative non-invasive method for treating arrhythmia has been developed at the Meshalkin National Medical Research Center (NMRC). It is based on the use of ionizing radiation for targeted exposure to areas of the heart. This was announced by the Deputy General Director of the Center for Science, leading cardiovascular surgeon-arrhythmologist Alexander Romanov.
The new technology will help cancer patients and people suffering from obesity to undergo treatment without surgical intervention. The only linear accelerator in Siberia is used for experiments, which allows animals to be irradiated with high accuracy.
The first experiments were carried out by scientists on rabbits weighing from 3 to 5 kg. This made it possible to determine the effective radiation dosage to eliminate arrhythmia. Then the tests continued on mini-pigs, which are fitted with pacemakers to simulate various heart rhythm disorders.
We perform computed tomography, which allows us to find areas of the heart where the source of arrhythmia is located. Next, we determine the area where we will direct the beam to eliminate the arrhythmia.
The beam width is from 9 to 10 mm. The indicator is planned to be reduced to 3mm for greater focus.
Earlier www1.ru reported that a new technology for combating oncological diseases was created in Yekaterinburg.
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