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Anthony Yanni, Mercy Hospital’s chief medical officer, displays the bi-plane X-ray machine that provides multiple views of a patient’s heart in the new Mercy Heart Rhythm Center.

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Thomas Bolesta, center manager, reviews the Cardiac Mapping Navigation System that provides 3-D images of the heart.

SCRANTON – Mercy Hospital’s Hearth Rhythm Center, an electrophysiology lab, recently underwent a complete renovation. A grand opening and blessing ceremony was held recently to welcome the newly renovated facility and launch the hospital’s latest technological advances in the fight against heart disease.

The state-of-the-art facility boasts new equipment and increased capabilities for patient care. Newest protocol include: complex electrocardiogram, which uses a non-invasive monitoring system that provides a comprehensive, real-time look at the status of the heart and blood circulation; bi-plane X-ray, which provides multiple views of the heart, assisting navigation around the heart and the performance of procedures with pinpoint accuracy and greater safety; cardiac mapping, which uses the CARTO Navigation System to provide unparalleled 3-D views of the heart, this allows for safer and more accurate diagnoses; and intercardiac echocardiography, an invasive procedure, using ultrasound to provide doctors with a comprehensive visual portrait of the heart, its chambers and valves.

Thomas Bolesta is manager of the center.

John P. Lundin, MD, serves as medical director. Vitaly Geyfman, D.O. and Gary Langieri, M.D., are trained EP specialists.

Mercy’s heart program has earned national attention for quality, having been named for four consecutive years as a Thomson Reuters “Top 100 Hospital in the United States for Cardiovascular Care.”