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The Hartford HealthCare Headache Program helped lead to the FDA clearance and approval of Nerivio, a wireless arm band device which helps manage migraines.
Aneesh Tolat, MD, FACC, FHRS, Director of VT Ablation at Hartford HealthCare’s Heart and Vascular Insitute says Hartford Hospital is the first in the U.S. to use new 3-D mapping technology for cardiac procedures. Ventricular tachycardia, also known as VT, is a rapid heart rhythm from the ventricle, which might increase a patient’s risk of cardiac arrest or even death.
Doctors at Hartford HealthCare performed the first awake spinal fusion in New England on a patient with a slipped disc, this procedure is only offered by about ten surgeons in the country.
Kevin Ferrarotti, Senior System Director, Emergency Medical Services, Hartford HealthCare, says that Hartford HealthCare has been adding additional paramedic resources and now has critical care and advance trained paramedics working at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.
Steven Zweibel, MD, System Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute, says for people who suffer from a dangerously fast heartbeat or are at a high risk of arrythmia, an implantable cardiac defibrillator can help save their lives.
Steven Zweibel, MD, System Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute, says an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) is a small device which is implanted inside patients who are at risk for having life threatening heart rhythm problems, and can actually change the pace of their heart rhythm if a problem is detected.
Exoskeleton Retrains the Brain to Walk Again.
Breast Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Elizabeth Stirling Craig, MD, Director of Microvascular Breast Reconstruction, Hartford HealthCare, primary benefit of breast reconstruction is to allow patients to wake up with less of a visual reminder of their diagnosis, women should expect a fairly painless recovery from either a mastectomy or lumpectomy, most common reconstruction technique is implant based reconstruction but Dr. Craig specializes in fat transfers. Hartford HealthCare offers cutting edge technology to improve the post-operative experience.
Medical Rounds: Alan Solinsky, MD, Ophthalmologist, Hartford Hospital Eye Surgery Center, interview about cataracts procedure, new technology with a new type of lens.
Thirty-six years ago was the first heart transplant at Hartford Hospital. Dr. Jonathan Hammond, a cardiac transplant surgeon at Hartford HealthCare, speaks about advances in heart transplant surgery and patient care.
Advances in brain tumor surgery with Dr. Mark Hornyak.
Dr. John Beiner speaks about advances in spinal surgery options and how working with a neurosurgeon can improve results.
Tina talks with leaders in innovation about the new med tech accelerator in Downtown Hartford.
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