GLENS FALLS – Glens Falls Hospital has recruited the region’s first electrophysiologist to the hospital’s cardiology practice, bringing new diagnostic and treatment options to people with heart rhythm abnormalities across the hospital’s five-county service area.
Dr. Henry Tan, a cardiologist and electrophysiologist, has joined Adirondack Cardiology from Albany Medical Center. Electrophysiology is a cardiology sub-specialty focused on diagnosing and treating heart rhythm conditions known as arrhythmias. Dr. Tan is the only electrophysiologist between Albany and Plattsburgh. His arrival at Glens Falls Hospital greatly improves access to care for people across that vast region.
Arrhythmias are changes in the normal sequence of electrical impulses in the heart, caused by the presence of abnormal cells. This results in the heart beating too fast, too slowly or erratically. There are many types of arrhythmia, and three primary treatment options depending on the nature of the condition: medication; implantation of a pacemaker or defibrillator; or catheter ablation, a minimally invasive procedure in which an electrode catheter is guided to the heart, and heat is precisely applied to destroy the tiny cluster of abnormal cells.
People wishing to schedule a consultation with Dr. Tan are asked to call Adirondack Cardiology at 518-792-1233. The practice is located at 6 Hearts Way in Queensbury, with some doctors also seeing patients at The Greenwich Regional Medical Center, 1134 State Rt. 29 in Greenwich; and The Medical Center at Wilton, 135 North Road, just off Northway Exit 16.
