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 [phone]