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Cardiac Defibrillator Implant: Live from St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin
On Wednesday September 30, at 5pm CDT, the Dean & St. Mary’s Cardiac Center will give viewers the opportunity to see a live webcast of a patient receiving an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). Broadcast live from the new Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, a team of cardiologists from Dean Health System will guide you through the procedure. Jeffrey A. Kushner, MD, will perform the implant while John Phelan, MD, and Kartik Reddy, MD narrate and answer viewers’ questions during the one-hour program.
An ICD is an electronic device, much like a pacemaker, that provides a constant monitoring of heart rhythm and rate. When a person has abnormal heart rhythms or rapid heartbeats (arrhythmias), the ICD will detect the problem, and deliver energy to the heart muscle causing it to return to a normal rhythm. This reduces the risk of death if that person were to experience cardiac arrest.
The small, pager-sized device is placed under the skin of the upper chest. Normally, there are two wires that run from the ICD through veins and directly to the heart. An ICD is often recommended for people who have a history of coronary artery disease or a weakened heart, enlarged or thickened heart muscle, or heart defects that cause abnormal cardiac rhythm.
Dean & St. Mary's Cardiac Center
The Dean & St. Mary's Cardiac Center is located in Madison, Wisconsin and is a partnership between St. Mary’s Hospital and Dean Health System. The Cardiac Center performs the most cardiac procedures in the area. It was the first in the region to introduce a Level One Heart Attack Program, which dramatically improves the speed and quality of care given to heart attack victims. St. Mary’s Hospital, with partner Dean Health System, form a physician-hospital network delivering integrated healthcare to an 18-county region in South Central Wisconsin.
A taped segment about the Level One Heart Attack program, illustrating the roles of EMTs and hospital staff in getting heart attack patients to the cath lab as quickly as possible, can be viewed by visiting: www.savesmorehearts.com
Participants
Featuring:
Jeffrey Kushner, MD
Cardiologst
John Phelan, MD
Cardiologist
Kartik Reddy, MD
Cardiologist
