Monday, November 14, 2011

About Heart Health Center: Heart Block - How To Tell When A Pacemaker Is Required

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From Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., your Guide to Heart Health Center
This week: Heart block, sinus bradycardia, and sick sinus syndrome - how to tell when you need a pacemaker.

Heart Block - How To Tell When A Pacemaker Is Required
Heart block, which is also called atrioventricular block, or "AV block", the heart's electrical impulses are blocked (either partially or completely) as they travel from the atrial chambers of the... Read more

Sinus Bradycardia and Sick Sinus Syndrome
Sinus bradycardia is a slow heart rate that results when the heart's sinus node slows the production of the electrical impulses that control the heart rate.  There are many potential... Read more

Are Airport Security Full Body Scanners Safe With Pacemakers and ICDs?
The new full body scanners have been in use in many airports for a few years now, so you would think that somebody, somewhere must have figured out by now... Read more

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