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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator What is a defibrillator? This tiny battery-powered device can be surgically implanted in your chest to monitor your heart rhythm. If a dangerous arrhythmia (irregular beat) is detected, the device automatically sends a small electrical impulse in an attempt to return the heartbeat to normal. The process of implanting an ICD is similar to implanting a pacemaker. An ICD typically includes electrode wire(s) that pass through a vein to the right chambers of the heart. Pacemakers are more often temporary and are generally designed to correct a slow heartbeat
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Pacemaker
Pacemaker What is a pacemaker? A pacemaker is a small electronic device that takes over the job of providing the electrical impulses needed to establish an appropriate heart rhythm. It keeps track of your normal heartbeat, and can sense when it becomes too slow. When that happens, the pacemaker generates a small electrical impulse, very similar to the heart's natural impulse. This keeps your heart beating at a normal pace. How is a pacemaker implanted? The generator may be implanted under your skin through a small incision. The generator is connected to your heart through tiny wires that are
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Therapeutic Hypothermia
Therapeutic Hypothermia What is therapeutic hypothermia? Therapeutic hypothermia is controlled, temporary cooling of a patient’s body temperature. Munson Medical Center began performing the procedure in 2009. About 90 percent of the 300,000 Americans who suffer a heart attack outside of a hospital die each year. For decades, conventional wisdom has been that if the heart stops beating longer than six to 10 minutes, the brain is dead. Mounting evidence of survival with little to no brain damage prompted hospitals around the country – including Munson Medical Center – to add therapeutic
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Transesophageal Echocardiography
Transesophageal Echocardiography What is transesophageal echocardiography? Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to make detailed pictures of your heart and the arteries that lead to and from it. An echo transducer that produces sound waves is attached to a thin tube that passes through your mouth, down your throat and into your esophagus. The sound waves sent to your heart by the probe in your esophagus are translated into pictures on a video screen. Because the esophagus is so close to the upper chambers of the heart, very clear images of those
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Cardiology Research and Clinical Trials
Cardiology Research and Clinical Trials in Your Community Our cardiovascular research program brings the newest and most promising research trials to our community with cutting-edge therapies otherwise not locally available to patients. We have been involved in cardiovascular research since 2007. We have enrolled over 500 people from all over northern Michigan in 21 industry- or government-sponsored studies. Importance of Research Research studies – sometimes called clinical trials or clinical research – are an important part of the process of developing new treatments in health care
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Structural Heart Program
Structural Heart Clinic The team at Munson Medical Center’s Structural Heart Clinic care for patients from across northern Michigan who in years past would not have an option for getting better. Now through technology and medical expertise, these patients – such as an 86-year-old who experienced a catheter-based heart valve procedure – enjoy immediately getting back to a more active life. “I had Cardiac Rehab call me and ask why the patient was not going to rehab,” recalls Linda Minor, BSN, RN, a nurse in the clinic. “I told them she felt so good she was going to yoga classes twice a week.”
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Women’s Heart Disease
Little Choices, Little Symptoms: Understanding Heart Disease in Women Women are just as vulnerable to heart disease as men. In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death among both genders in the US. Symptoms of heart disease in women can feel much different than for men. For example, only about 50 percent of women report having chest pains before or during a heart attack. Instead, women often experience less obvious heart attack warning signs, such as unusual fatigue or dizziness. These seemingly little symptoms can signal a big problem. However, because women are generally focused on
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Cadillac Hospital Services
Cadillac Hospital Services Browse A-Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Advance Care Planning/Directives Aqua Therapy Arthroscopic Surgery Ask-A-Nurse Audiology B Behavioral Health Bereavement Birth Centers Breast Health C Cancer Cardiac Rehab Cardiology Chemotherapy Childbirth Childbirth & Parent Education Community Health CT Scan (Computed Tomography) D Diabetes Education Diagnostic Testing, Cardiac Dialysis E Emergency EMS | Ambulance F Family Care Foot & Ankle Surgery G General Surgery Gynecology H Hand Surgery Healthy Futures Hearing Heart Hip Surgery & Replacement
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Kalkaska Memorial Health Center Services
Kalkaska Memorial Health Center Services Browse A-Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Advanced Care Planning/Directives Aqua Therapy Arthroscopic Surgery Ask-A-Nurse Assisted Living B Behavioral Health Bereavement Breast Health C Cardiac Rehab Cardiology Child Care & Child Development Community Health Concussion Treatment Counseling CT Scan (Computed Tomography) D Diabetes Education Diagnostic Testing, Cardiac Dialysis Digestive Health E Early Childhood Education Emergency EMS | Ambulance ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) Extended Care F Family Care G Gastroenterology General