Dr. Allan Skanes, Cardiologist, London, ON

Dr. Allan Skanes is currently the Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at the London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada, and a Professor of Medicine at Western University. He received his medical degree in 1990 from the University of Toronto where he also completed his Internal Medicine training. He completed his Cardiology and Electrophysiology training at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute before a research fellowship in Syracuse New York, investigating the underlying mechanisms of arrhythmia, especially atrial fibrillation. The Electrophysiology Laboratory, a busy interventional program with an active and productive research program, is a current clinical user of state of the art imaging and navigation technologies. Dr. Skanes, Director, is an experienced electrophysiologist and clinician scientist with a specific interest in non-pharmacologic therapy for arrhythmia, remote and non-fluoroscopic catheter navigation and catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmia. He is uniquely skilled to evaluate clinical utility of imaging and tracking technologies, image-modality compatible tools, as well as fusion of device representations with maps of anatomy and function. Most recently, he co-chaired the 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society management guidelines for atrial fibrillation as well as the 2012 Focused Update. He is actively researching novel non-fluoroscopic catheter navigation technologies in animal models, as well as human studies. His research contributes clinical relevance and applicability to development of navigation and guiding technologies. It also provides unique experience and skill set, as well as environment for further translational development to human studies. He has published 144 peer-reviewed papers and 10 book chapters.
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A local cardiologist can also work with your other healthcare providers, from your local registered dietitian to your local Pilates instructor.Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heartbeat, also called an arrhythmia, that can increase your risk of heart failure, stroke, blood clots and other heart conditions. A normal heart contracts and relaxes to a regular beat, but if you have atrial fibrillation, the atria (upper chambers) beat out of sync with the ventricles (lower chambers).

During a coronary angioplasty, a thin, flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into an artery, typically in the groin or wrist, and guided to the blocked or narrowed coronary artery. The catheter is equipped with a deflated balloon at its tip. Once the catheter reaches the target area, the balloon is inflated, which compresses the plaque against the artery walls and widens the artery, restoring blood flow.

In many cases, the angioplasty procedure is followed by the placement of a stent. A stent is a small, mesh-like metal tube that is inserted into the artery  of the heart after the balloon is inflated. The stent helps to keep the artery open and prevents it from re-narrowing. There are two main types of stents: bare-metal stents and drug-eluting stents. Drug-eluting stents are coated with medications that help reduce the risk of the artery re-narrowing.

Coronary angioplasty is typically performed under local anesthesia, and the patient is awake during the procedure. It is considered a minimally invasive procedure and has become a common treatment option for coronary artery disease. It can relieve symptoms such as chest pain (angina) and improve blood flow to the heart, thereby reducing the risk of heart attacks and other complications associated with CAD. The Canadain Medical Association

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