South Nassau First to Implant New Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
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Oceanside, NY, August 15, 2013 --( The device, the Viva® cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation (CRT-D), has an adaptive algorithm function, which allows it to continuously adjust to individual patient needs and preserve each patient’s normal heart rhythms."The device has demonstrated that it can improve patients overall quality of life, while reducing unnecessary hospitalizations," said Lawrence Kanner, MD, FACC, director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services at South Nassau.In addition to ICDs, Dr. Kanner and electrophysiologists at South Nassau’s Center for Cardiovascular Health use an array of advanced technologies to provide timely, accurate diagnoses and therapies to treat the range of cardiac arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) and defibrillator maintenance."The device has demonstrated that it can improve patients overall quality of life, while reducing unnecessary hospitalizations," said Lawrence Kanner, MD, FACC, director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services at South Nassau.Dr.The center’s cardiac imaging services also include stress echocardiogram (which involves exercising on a treadmill or stationary bicycle while the patient is monitored by technology using high-frequency sound waves that produces a graphic outline of the hearts movement, valves, and chambers) and diagnostic peripheral vascular ultrasound (noninvasive diagnostic technique used to evaluate the health of blood vessels) for patients with peripheral arterial disease.South Nassau Communities Hospital is a recipient of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation’s National Cardiology Data Registry (NCDR) ACTION Registry–Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) Gold Performance Achievement Award.