Heart Disease: Arrhythmias of the Heart from Peidmont Hospital
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Arrhythmias of the Heart included live broadcasts of a diagnostic study of electrical firings of the heart and an internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implant that shocks the heart into a normal rhythm if necessary.
Electrophysiologists, electricians of the heart, Dan Dan, M.D., Joseph Poku, M.D., and Bobby Smith, M.D., performed and narrated the procedures. Viewers emailed questions to the physicians during the procedure.
â Nationwide, there are 400,000 people walking around with ICDs implanted in their chests,â ? said Dr. Smith, who is the co-director of electrophysiology at Piedmont Hospitalâ s Fuqua Heart Center of Atlanta. â The industry estimates that under the current indications for the ICD implant, there are 1.6 million people in the U.S. who have an indication for an ICD implant.â ?Arrhythmias of the Heart included live broadcasts of a diagnostic study of electrical firings of the heart and an internal cardiac defibrill...all »Arrhythmias of the Heart included live broadcasts of a diagnostic study of electrical firings of the heart and an internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implant that shocks the heart into a normal rhythm if necessary.
Electrophysiologists, electricians of the heart, Dan Dan, M.D., Joseph Poku, M.D., and Bobby Smith, M.D., performed and narrated the procedures. Viewers emailed questions to the physicians during the procedure.
â Nationwide, there are 400,000 people walking around with ICDs implanted in their chests,â ? said Dr. Smith, who is the co-director of electrophysiology at Piedmont Hospitalâ s Fuqua Heart Center of Atlanta. â The industry estimates that under the current indications for the ICD implant, there are 1.6 million people in the U.S. who have an indication for an ICD implant.â ?«
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