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The Power of Electricity in Healing the Human Heart

How important is electricity? Ask Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein—one of the best monster stories of all time. With a jolt of electricity, Doctor Frankenstein brought a lifeless body to life. Thus, a permanent figure of pop culture was born. If the story of creating an eight-foot tall monster stretches your imagination too far, [...]

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Interventional Cardiology—Amazing Procedures for the Amazing Heart

Just to give you your daily dose of wow, these five facts about the heart might shed a little more light on just how amazing your heart truly is. On average, the heart will beat 2.5 billion times in a lifetime! You’re more likely to have a heart attack on Monday morning than at any [...]

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Q&A: Cardiac Cath Lab

Question: What’s a Cardiac Cath Lab? Answer: A cardiac cath (short for “catheterization”) lab is a section of the hospital dedicated to testing and treating the plumbing of your heart. The specialists in a Cardiac Cath Lab, or heart plumbers if you will, have a number of tests they use to determine the health of [...]

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