The Stereotaxis GentleTouch™ Magnetic System

A gentler way to touch your heart

Your heart is a surprisingly delicate muscle. Made up of a network of arteries, veins and capillaries, its thin walls can be damaged by the slightest touch.

The Stereotaxis GentleTouch™ Magnetic System allows our doctors to touch hearts more gently than ever before. This system's innovative technology uses computer-controlled magnets – which are positioned outside the body – to magnetically steer catheters and guidewires throughout the delicate cardiovascular system. With the computer to assist in precise navigation, the doctor is then able to focus on the patient and the outcome rather than the mechanics of the procedure.

Stereotaxis is used for a number of heart diseases including:

• Arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, as well as supraventricular tachycardias,
• Heart failure, with interventional procedures such as cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Hearts feel the benefits of Stereotaxis' GentleTouch™ technology. By combining the benefits of precise, computer-aided magnetic guidance with gentle catheter contact, we can now navigate and touch hearts in a softer, more accurate way than ever before. The potential benefit to patients includes:

• Shorter procedures,
• Faster recovery time,
• less exposure to X-ray radiation,
• Less risk of serious complications from damaging blood vessels or heart tissue, and
• Less likelihood of referral to more invasive open-heart surgical procedures.

Stereotaxis technology offers an innovation in cardiovascular care. It allows us to reach remote areas of the heart that have been difficult, if not impossible, to access before. In some cases we can now care for patients who would otherwise be referred to more invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. And, with this system, we now have the potential to help patients suffering from irregular heartbeats who would otherwise have to rely on drug therapy alone, which may only partly address their symptoms.

Want to find out more?

If you would like more information about the Stereotaxis system, we invite you to contact your doctor directly, email us at stereotaxis@jhsmh.org or call (502) 587-4122.