{"id":18020,"date":"2022-10-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/moreheart\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:27:55","slug":"moreheart","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/moreheart\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlton Memorial es el primer hospital del pa\u00eds en realizar una intervenci\u00f3n cardiaca que cambia vidas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Southcoast Health <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cardio-heart-vascular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centro Cardiovascular<\/a> del Charlton Memorial Hospital fue el primero del pa\u00eds en realizar un procedimiento de cardioneuroablaci\u00f3n que cambi\u00f3 vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/nitesh-sood-md\/\">Dr. Nitesh Sood<\/a>electrofisi\u00f3logo cardiaco y director del Programa de Bienestar para la Fibrilaci\u00f3n Auricular de Southcoast Health, llev\u00f3 a cabo la intervenci\u00f3n en Jennifer Link, paciente de 32 a\u00f1os de Middletown, Rhode Island. A Link se le diagnostic\u00f3 un bloqueo cardiaco de tercer grado -o completo- el pasado mes de mayo, despu\u00e9s de sufrir toda una vida de pausas cardiacas... que en ocasiones deten\u00edan su coraz\u00f3n durante ocho o diez segundos, tal y como detect\u00f3 el Dr. Christopher Abadi, director m\u00e9dico de los Servicios de Ecocardiograf\u00eda de Southcoast, a trav\u00e9s de un monitor Holter al principio del tratamiento de Jennifer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Aunque poco com\u00fan para una persona de la edad de Jennifer, el tratamiento t\u00edpico para este diagn\u00f3stico incluye la implantaci\u00f3n de un marcapasos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">\"Jennifer es una persona muy joven y sana cuyo coraz\u00f3n no cooperaba, y el marcapasos puede comprometer la vida de una persona, tanto f\u00edsica como mentalmente\", dijo el Dr. Sood. \"Los marcapasos deben cambiarse cada seis o diez a\u00f1os, y eso requerir\u00eda repetidas intervenciones quir\u00fargicas. Ser\u00eda un recordatorio constante de que algo va mal\". &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Al explorar otras opciones de tratamiento, el Dr. Sood se puso en contacto con el m\u00e9dico turco Tolga Asku a trav\u00e9s de Twitter en relaci\u00f3n con un procedimiento inventado por el Dr. Asku que modifica las terminaciones nerviosas del coraz\u00f3n. Investigando el trabajo del Dr. Asku, el Dr. Sood descubri\u00f3 que dos de sus pacientes ten\u00edan diagn\u00f3sticos similares al de Jennifer. Los dos m\u00e9dicos se reunieron virtualmente para discutir el caso y acordaron que el procedimiento ser\u00eda lo mejor para la paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">\"Cuando tomamos decisiones cl\u00ednicas en casos complejos como \u00e9ste, empleamos lo que llamamos \"el enfoque del equipo del coraz\u00f3n\"\", dijo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/peter-cohn-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/1159\/patientTypeId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Peter Cohn<\/a>m\u00e9dico jefe del Centro Cardiovascular de Southcoast Health. \"Despu\u00e9s de explorar el caso y todas las opciones, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/ramin-davoudi-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/1190\/patientTypeId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Ramin Davoudi<\/a> (Director M\u00e9dico de Electrofisiolog\u00eda), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/arnoldas-giedrimas-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/1289\/patientTypeId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Arnoldas Giedrimas<\/a> (M\u00e9dico de Electrofisiolog\u00eda), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/m-wajid-baig-md-facc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. M. Wajid Baig<\/a> (Presidente de Credenciales), Robert Geide, RN (Director de la L\u00ednea de Servicio de Cardiolog\u00eda Intervencionista), George Barth, RN (Jefe Asociado de Enfermer\u00eda), el Dr. Sood y yo decidimos por unanimidad seguir adelante con el procedimiento de cinco horas, que fue un \u00e9xito.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">&nbsp;\"Tuve una recuperaci\u00f3n sin problemas y no he experimentado ninguna pausa ni una sola ca\u00edda de los latidos del coraz\u00f3n desde la intervenci\u00f3n\", dijo Link. \"Ha cambiado por completo mi forma de vivir el d\u00eda a d\u00eda\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennifers-Story-Patient-Profiles--1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4557 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennifers-Story-Patient-Profiles--1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennifers-Story-Patient-Profiles--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennifers-Story-Patient-Profiles--768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennifers-Story-Patient-Profiles--1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennifers-Story-Patient-Profiles--2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\"Estoy muy agradecida a todos y cada uno de los m\u00e9dicos, enfermeras y miembros del personal que me cuidaron y tuvieron en cuenta lo mejor para m\u00ed\", dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Escuche la historia personal de Jennifer y vea un v\u00eddeo entre bastidores <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/jennifer-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>aqu\u00ed<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">\"Cuando acud\u00ed a urgencias por un desmayo, me dijeron que viniera al Charlton Memorial porque el equipo de cardiolog\u00eda de este hospital es de primera categor\u00eda, lo cual me demostraron y demostraron r\u00e1pidamente. Todo el tiempo me sent\u00ed tranquilo, atendido y confiado en mi atenci\u00f3n\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Durante los pr\u00f3ximos dos a\u00f1os, Jennifer llevar\u00e1 un diminuto monitor cardiaco, colocado justo debajo de la piel, que registra cada latido y notifica inmediatamente cualquier aberraci\u00f3n al Centro Cardiaco y Vascular del Charlton Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">\"El caso de Jennifer es un testimonio de la atenci\u00f3n integral que ofrece Southcoast Health\", dijo el Dr. Sood. \"Me alegra que este procedimiento sea una opci\u00f3n disponible para pacientes como ella y me enorgullece que ayude a distinguir la atenci\u00f3n cardiovascular que se presta en Southcoast Health\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">El Dr. Sood est\u00e1 deseando publicar este caso en el Heart Rhythm Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">\"Nuestra regi\u00f3n nunca ha sido t\u00edmida a la hora de ser innovadora o vanguardista, y eso est\u00e1 en consonancia con nuestro sistema sanitario local l\u00edder. Algunos de los procedimientos m\u00e1s avanzados y los nuevos tratamientos m\u00e1s innovadores de la medicina actual se llevan a cabo aqu\u00ed\", afirm\u00f3 el Dr. Cohn. \"Con la excelencia cl\u00ednica y la atenci\u00f3n compasiva prestada por proveedores como el Dr. Sood, Southcoast Health continuar\u00e1 proporcionando atenci\u00f3n de clase mundial a nuestra comunidad.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Echa un vistazo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/dont-miss\/middletown-woman-benefits-from-first-in-the-nation-heart-procedure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WPRI 12<\/a> para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre este logro pionero en el pa\u00eds.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6554,"template":"","categories":[1233,1231],"class_list":["post-18020","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-achievements","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First National Cardiac Procedure at Charlton Memorial | Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Southcoast Health Heart &amp; 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