Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital Performs Next Generation Ablation Procedure Expanding Cardiac Care

Lake Mary, FL (June 12, 2025) – Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital’s cardiac care team recently performed its first catheter ablation procedure. The procedure is a significant milestone for Orlando Health, expanding the hospital system’s cardiac capabilities in the region and bringing care closer to where patients live. Orlando Health Lake Mary hospital is the first community hospital within the Orlando Health system to perform the procedure.

Care teams have also started using a technology called Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA.) for ablation to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib), one of the most common arrhythmias. Unlike traditional methods, PFA delivers ultra-precise, short-duration electrical pulses to selectively target the heart cells responsible for the irregular rhythm. This advanced technique enhances safety by minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue, making it safer for patients.

The program at Orlando Health has been in the works for over a year under the guidance of Mohamed Elshazly, MD a board-certified cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiology physician with the Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute.

“At Orlando Health we are always looking for safer and more effective treatment options when it comes to treating our cardiac patients,” said Dr. Elshazly. “This high-tech procedure is just another example of our commitment to expand our cardiac capabilities in Central Florida.”

It is estimated that atrial fibrillation will affect more than 12 million people in the United States by 2030, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation is underutilized and it is estimated that less than 5% of eligible patients have access to this treatment. The prevalence of AFib increases with age and is more common in women.

Link to photos of the cardiac care team can be found here.

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Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $12 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)