We, like you, have witnessed the hundreds of miracles of the modern age.
Google, Facebook. Email, on-line shopping, movies on-demand, and lately, Self Driving Cars.
But these incredible advances in our everyday lives have impacted medicine in much the same ways.
In the mid 1800's, Luigi Galvani an electrical scientist and experimenter demonstrated the effect of electricity on living beings. He administered an electric shock to dead frogs, and the frogs legs twitched. So it has been well documented that electricity is a large part of the human make-up for nearly two hundred years.
But it wasn't until August 1958 when Seymour Furman introduced a pacemaker rhythm device into a human heart to help adjust heart sinus rhythm. It was an unwieldy affair (compared to today), needing external power. But only months later, at the University of Minnesota, a transistorized, battery powered version of the same concept was introduced, and modern Electrophysiology was born.
A lot has happened since 1958.
Jet planes were introduced that could fly you across the Atlantic.
Color television made watching football a whole new experience.
The computer was developed to it's modern state.
And EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL got smaller, more efficient and safer.
Today we can installed mobile devices like pacemakers, defibrillators and loop monitors, in a standardized manner; safely, quickly and dependably.
And now, we can have a team of experts monitor those same devices by wireless internet connections.
So you don't have to worry when you leave the hospital.
You don't have to wonder when you play a game of golf.
And you can go to sleep at night, secure in the knowledge that whatever happens, your team of doctors will know - exactly what it is, and how to respond.
Several devices can be utilized to detect arrhythmia in order to make the diagnosis or to assess the frequency and duration of arrhythmia
Monitoring of pacemakers and defibrillators is utilized to detect predictable and unpredictable arrhythmias as well as device hardware problems.
Google, Facebook. Email, on-line shopping, movies on-demand, and lately, Self Driving Cars.
But these incredible advances in our everyday lives have impacted medicine in much the same ways.
In the mid 1800's, Luigi Galvani an electrical scientist and experimenter demonstrated the effect of electricity on living beings. He administered an electric shock to dead frogs, and the frogs legs twitched. So it has been well documented that electricity is a large part of the human make-up for nearly two hundred years.
But it wasn't until August 1958 when Seymour Furman introduced a pacemaker rhythm device into a human heart to help adjust heart sinus rhythm. It was an unwieldy affair (compared to today), needing external power. But only months later, at the University of Minnesota, a transistorized, battery powered version of the same concept was introduced, and modern Electrophysiology was born.
A lot has happened since 1958.
Jet planes were introduced that could fly you across the Atlantic.
Color television made watching football a whole new experience.
The computer was developed to it's modern state.
And EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL got smaller, more efficient and safer.
Today we can installed mobile devices like pacemakers, defibrillators and loop monitors, in a standardized manner; safely, quickly and dependably.
And now, we can have a team of experts monitor those same devices by wireless internet connections.
So you don't have to worry when you leave the hospital.
You don't have to wonder when you play a game of golf.
And you can go to sleep at night, secure in the knowledge that whatever happens, your team of doctors will know - exactly what it is, and how to respond.
Several devices can be utilized to detect arrhythmia in order to make the diagnosis or to assess the frequency and duration of arrhythmia
Monitoring of pacemakers and defibrillators is utilized to detect predictable and unpredictable arrhythmias as well as device hardware problems.
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We are sometimes referred to as the electricians of the heart. We treat all types of heart rhythm disorders: hearts that beat slowly, quickly or erratically. We evaluate patients with palpitations to help diagnose the etiology of palpitations and then cure the underlying problem. In addition to palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, anxiety, dizziness (syncope) are some other manifestations of arrhythmia. Common arrhythmias that we deal with are atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and ventricular tachycardia (VT). We usually try medication to treat arrhythmias but when medications are insufficient we may recommend an ablation procedure. There are different types of ablation but they all aim at eliminating the source of the arrhythmia. Our practice is at the forefront of technology and we use the newest techniques and equipment available to provide the safest and most effective therapy to our patients. We implant and manage all types of pacemakers and defibrillators. We have one of the largest and most efficient remote monitoring programs in the state of Florida. Remote monitoring allows us to watch over and treat our patients in between their office visits. At Cardiac Arrhythmia Services we have 3 cardiac electrophysiologists, 2 physician assistants, 2 remote monitoring technicians, 3 nurses and a staff of 19 people who all work together on daily basis to ensure that our patients get the best care possible.
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