Del Sol Medical Center established the first Heart Failure Center in the El Paso region to help heart failure patients proactively manage their heart disease and improve their quality of life. Del Sol's Emergency Department is a Certified Chest Pain Center accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, the nation's leading organization focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Our Certified Chest Pain Center evaluates patients with chest pain to determine if immediate intervention for an acute condition is needed or if monitoring and observation is appropriate. With specialized examination and treatment rooms, our center offers rapid electrocardiography interpretation, point of care biomarker testing for heart attacks and congestive heart failure, continuous cardiac monitoring, and advanced diagnostics such as digital echocardiography and cardiac catheterization.
Del Sol Medical Center is also one of just 10 hospitals nationwide participating in “Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care,” an effort in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that has dramatically improved the quality of cardiac care patients receive.
- Cardiovascular Care/Cath
- Lab Surgical/Medical Intensive Care
- Progressive Heart Care Services
- Telemetry/Cardiac Rehab
- Acute Care
- Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Decision Unit
- Certified Chest Pain Center
For more information, please call: (915) 595-9248
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 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
- Coronary Artery Disease, with procedures designed to reopen blocked arteries in coronary vessels with partial or total occlusion
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 benefits to patients include:
- Shorter procedures
- Faster recovery time
- Less exposure to X-ray radiation
- Less risk of serious complications from damaging blood vessels or heart tissue
- Less likelihood of referral to more invasive open-heart surgical procedures
Stereotaxis technology 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. 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.