Muscat: The National Heart Surgery Center at the Royal Hospital launched a 3 D advanced cardiac catheterization device, which is the first of its kind in the Sultanate to be used for patient suffering from abnormal heart rhythm.
Dr. Najeeb bin Zahran al- Rawahi, Senior Cardiologist at the Royal Hospital said that the procedure, undertaken under local anesthesia, takes between two to three hours.
He added that the new technique eliminates the need for medicines prescribed to regulate heart rhythms.
Moreover, the patient can resume his normal duties better than he was in the past.