Advanced mapping has improved complex ablations and currently reduces repeat arrhythmia procedures
What is our primary use case?
CARTO is used for ablations, mapping, and EP studies. In the case of ablations, such as atrial fibrillations, VT ablations, PVC ablations, and SVTs, every case that requires mapping and then intervention utilizes this main component in my current facility.
For example, in an atrial fibrillation procedure, you gain access and need ICE guidance, which CARTO provides. The ICE catheter helps perform a quick map of the right atrium before going transseptal. When that map is complete, all the catheters provided are used, including ablation, the decanav catheter, and ICE. After the transseptal, which is an essential part of the procedure because the left side of the heart must be ablated, the team maps, detects where the arrhythmia is originating from and its rate, and then ablates the pulmonary veins. After those veins are ablated, the procedure is essentially complete.
What is most valuable?
CARTO offers a very specific and reliable mapping system, which is the advantage it has over other companies. The representatives are almost one hundred percent knowledgeable and helpful. They really assist during the case by detecting arrhythmias and fixing them.
CARTO performs a lot of ablations and fixes many heart conduction systems. This improves the lives of multiple people, which is a very good outcome.
What needs improvement?
The shape of the catheter currently being used, the FARAPULSE, is lasso-shaped and represents the first generation. The second generation is about to be implemented, and I believe it will be a major change. However, the shape of the current catheter is not really useful for isolating the veins. The ICE catheters are very good, and the mapping system is really excellent.
Other companies currently have a better catheter shape, even though they lack many things that CARTO has. That catheter shape makes a difference in the duration of the procedure.
For how long have I used the solution?
CARTO has been in use for more than two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are no stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are no scalability issues.
How are customer service and support?
CARTO's customer service is very good. Every time we have a problem, they know how to set it up and are always on the phone trying to help, or someone can come to the hospital for assistance.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
CARTO has been used since the beginning. I have been using CARTO since September 2022 until now.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was not problematic.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation team was very good.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
CARTO recently introduced a new type of ablation called PFA, Pulsed Field Ablation. It is very modern and has been used for a while in Europe. Now it is being used in the United States for the last year to year and a half. When this ablation is performed, patients do not return for a redo because it is very reliable. Studies show that people do not have a second ablation after the first one, which is a positive example.
What other advice do I have?
My point of view is to pay attention to the mappers, as we can learn a lot from them. CARTO is a great system, and it is very interesting to see the heart conduction displayed in three dimensions. Learning from the mappers and visiting the CARTO website is beneficial. CARTO offers many courses that can help people understand and learn the system better. I would rate this review a nine overall.
Intuitive Mapping Made Easy, But Advanced Features Need SQL Know-How
What do you like best about the product?
CARTO’s platform is extremely user-friendly and visually intuitive. I really like how easy it is to create, style, and share interactive maps without needing heavy GIS expertise. The visualization options are powerful, and the platform makes it simple to turn complex spatial data into actionable insights
What do you dislike about the product?
Some advanced customization features require SQL knowledge or workarounds. The platform can also be slow when handling very large datasets.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use CARTO primarily for pre-planning Out-of-Home (OOH) campaigns. It’s a valuable tool for visualizing and analyzing data spatially. I use it to show audience indexing, inventory indexing, and conduct proximity analysis. These insights help identify the most effective locations for media placements and ensure alignment with target audience behaviours and key points of interest.
A great way to communicate mapping information to clients
What do you like best about the product?
The fact that you can send someone a link to a map you created and they are able to zoom and move around the map, anyway they want.
We can now target 15 to 20 households per postal code. When clients see that precision on a map, it really brings home the value of what we're doing"
“With CARTO, we transformed geospatial analytics from a technical bottleneck into a fast, intuitive workflow that makes targeting and performance obvious to our clients
What do you dislike about the product?
Not enough people have heard about it!!!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It brings all of our data together to visualize it on a map
Most used tool in my geospatial stack
What do you like best about the product?
My experience with CARTO has been overall positive, and the tools have been my top resource and the reason for much of my career success over the past year. Compared to my other go-to platform for online mapping, Esri, CARTO offers much faster visualization returns for my projects. The ease with which I can access my big-data warehouse has alleviated much of the headache that typically comes with data hosting. Additionally, re-engineering data to fit my use case is far quicker and easier on CARTO than doing the work on my desktop. I would also like to commend CARTO for providing high-quality training resources through YouTube, webinars, and CARTO Academy. My learning curve was minimal, with only a few hours needed to get up to speed.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much I dislike about CARTO. They are constantly improving their platform and very open to feedback about their products and services.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Visualizing the massive amounts of location-based data for my company.
One Stop GeoSpatial Shop
What do you like best about the product?
Carto is intuitive, well programmed and constantly improved. Before I realize the need for a feature of functionality, there is an upgrade that evolves the quality of my work. The support staff is responsive and thoughtful, and I enables my company to level the field of competition with organizations having much larger budgets and dedicated staff. We have been with Carto for 5 years now, and look forward to utilizing our subscription in more areas of our business.
What do you dislike about the product?
The user documentation can be hard to navigate, so we create more support tickets than self-serve. The response time from support is faster than locating on my own.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Making maps that distinguish our company above our competitors.
Sports & Entertainment - Stadium Indoor Mapping
What do you like best about the product?
- Visually enriched information through the raw data.
- Good service provided by the Carto team.
What do you dislike about the product?
- Some errors are sometimes displayed, probably derived from the data source.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- To cover a use case that offers a better live tracking scenario for a sport that usually does not enjoy as many options as others.
Great experience with a super reactive team!
What do you like best about the product?
We would like to say a big thank you to the entire CARTO team for their efforts, dedication and availability for our mapping project. Working with a number of people involved on our side means a lot of comments, a lot of back and forth, etc. but CARTO team was always super reactive. We learnt how to work together, and like all new collaborations, it took some time to be aligned on a method that worked on both sides, but the result is successful!
What do you dislike about the product?
Receiving clear instructions and understanding expectations helped us better understand what worked best for CARTO so we could work accordingly. On the other side, understanding the role of each of the CARTO staff and meeting/involving all of them early on is a recommendation we would give, as well as making sure all staff have well understood the requests, considering English isn’t their first language. Overall a great experience and would recommend them!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CARTO created an interactive mapping tool with numerous technicalities and was very good at listening and making sure the tool was aligned with our expectations.
An excellent tool for both beginners and experts in Spatial Data Science
What do you like best about the product?
Huge variety of tools, from friendly UI (builder), to python library (cartoframes), and also a pool of SDKs and APIs. I also value the extensive documentation and the quick response from CARTO support team.
What do you dislike about the product?
Regarding the tool itself, I have nothing to point out, so far. The training sessions we had with the CARTO team were also very useful, although I would have started with the builder training first, and only afterwards the cartoframes and APIs sessions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Spatially visualize the predictions of the machine learning models that in my team we are developing in our Data Science tool, as well as the most important features in those models.
Great spatial repository and Back end support
What do you like best about the product?
Fast escalable spatial repo with great integration options. Their API works seamlessly
What do you dislike about the product?
No downside, we have had a great experience
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Hosting thousands of spatial files for satellite and wireless footprints. Automated updating of files.
Comprehensive, lightweight, and fast geospatial solution
What do you like best about the product?
I like that CARTO Builder is a comprehensive and easy to use interface to do quick high-level exploration of the data.
And that CARTO API and CartoJS then further supports complex use of the data for analytics.
What do you dislike about the product?
CARTO on-premise at the moment is still not on containers. So setting up high-availability and recovery is not as straight-forward.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use CARTO to crunch and visualize our data related to real estate investments. We have leverage CARTO's APIs to build our own customized visualization to best support our internal investment team's research.
