Rheos System
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Rheos System
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The world’s first CVRx Rheos system procedure was performed at Tampa General Hospital. The CVRx Rheos system, a device that is a little smaller than a thin wallet with wires leading to the carotid arteries, is designed to improve heart function and lower risk of death by monitoring and sending electrical signals to those arteries. – PowerPoint PPT presentation
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Title: Rheos System
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FGTBASANESTHESIOLOGY The
Trusted Anesthesia Group
Rheos System
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Rheos System
- Neurostimulator for hypertension
- Medical device-based treatment
- Evaluated for high blood pressure and heart
failure - Main function is dilation of arteries
- Stimulation by electrical impulses
- Stimulates kidney to exert fluid
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Process of Rheos System
- Device implanted under collar bone
- 2 wires implanted in carotid arteries
- Activate baroreceptors
- Regulate the energy to brain
- Brain passes on signals to various parts
- This relaxes blood vessels and blood pressure
Source http//www.cvrx.com
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Benefits of Rheos System
- Reduces blood pressure
- Reduce risks relating to heart and kidney
- Triggers bodys own blood flow
- Reduce chances of stroke and death
- Slows down heart to take more time to be filled
with blood - Improve quality of life
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News
- FGTBA participates in first CVRx Rheos system
procedure - The worlds first CVRx Rheos system procedure was
performed at Tampa General Hospital on Wednesday,
January 6, 2010. The CVRx Rheos system, a device
that is a little smaller than a thin wallet with
wires leading to the carotid arteries, is
designed to improve heart function and lower risk
of death by monitoring and sending electrical
signals to those arteries. - Read more
- http//fgtba.com/news/general-news/fgtba-partipate
s-in-first-cvrx-rheos-system-procedure/
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CONTACT US
- Florida Gulf To Bay Anesthesiology Assoc., PA
- 1 Tampa General Circle. A327
- Tampa, Florida 33606-3508
- United States
- Phone 813-844-4434
