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Follow on Google News | Cardiac Resynchronization Device Continuously Adjusts to Individual Patient NeedsThe Viva is equipped with the latest advancement in shock reduction programing that enables the device to better differentiate between dangerous and harmless heart rhythms.
By: South Nassau Communities Hospital 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 Viva is equipped with the latest advancement in shock reduction programing that enables the device to better differentiate between dangerous and harmless heart rhythms. The device is also shaped for patient comfort with a contoured design that reduces skin pressure by 30 percent. It has a battery life of up to 11 years (a 25-percent increase in battery longevity as compared to other devices) and the only defibrillator lead with 10 years of demonstrated performance with active monitoring. "The device has demonstrated that it can improve patients' overall quality of life, while reducing unnecessary hospitalizations," Dr. Kanner and the Center for Cardiovascular Health have been in the forefront in providing heart failure patients on Long Island with the latest advancements in ICD devices and electrophysiology services. Dr. Kanner was the first on Long Island to implant the Incepta® ICD (recognized as the world’s smallest and thinnest ICD), Evia® pacemaker (which incorporates wireless monitoring system that immediately notifies the patient’s physician if the patient or the pacemaker is experiencing complications) ICDs and CRT-Ds have been proven in clinical studies to save and extend lives by preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) and treating heart failure. Each year, SCD claims the lives of up to 460,000 people in the U.S. alone, and more people die from SCD than from lung cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined. Nearly 22 million people worldwide currently suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart weakens and gradually loses the ability to pump blood effectively. 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 center performs a wide range of coronary and peripheral interventional procedures, including balloon angioplasty, stenting, and thrombolytic therapy. When providing balloon angioplasty in an emergency, the center averages a door-to-balloon- Imaging specialists at the center are well-versed in nuclear cardiology (which generates images of the heart at work, during exercise, and at rest), echocardiogram via the trans-thoracic method (a non-invasive, highly accurate and quick assessment of the overall health of the heart in which a probe is placed on the chest wall of the patient to produce images of the heart), and transesophageal echocardiogram (which uses a specialized probe containing an ultrasound transducer at its tip that is passed into the esophagus and is used to provide clear views of areas of the heart that would be difficult to view transthoracically) 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. The GWTG program is a quality-improvement program that helps hospitals provide cardiac and stroke care in accordance with the most up-to-date guidelines and recommendations. South Nassau Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 435 beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the- End
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