An Echocardiogram (or cardiac ultrasound) is an ultrasound of the heart used to measures blood flow through the heart, heart valve structure, and heart wall function.
The WATCHMAN™ left atrial appendage (LAA) closure implant is a permanent heart implant used to treat atrial fibrillation (afib) not caused by a heart valve problem.
McLaren Flint, the region’s leading comprehensive cardiovascular program, is the first program in Mid-Michigan to offer the FARAPULSE™ Pulse Field Ablation System (PFA), a unique and advanced technology for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), also known as AFib, a leading cause of stroke. An irregular heart rhythm caused by abnormal electrical impulses, the traditional treatment of AFib was the destruction of specific heart tissue through either a thermal (heat) ablation or cryo (co...
PHOTO CAPTION: Pictured l-r Brandon Barber, Medtronic; Todd Harmon, McLaren Flint Cardiovascular Technologist; Abdul Alawwa, MD, McLaren Flint electrophysiologist; Kim Bueche, McLaren Flint Cardiovascular Technologist; and Mark Kinney, Medtronic. McLaren Flint, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has once again expanded its cardiovascular capabilities and has now become the first hospital in Michigan to use new technology to treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. McLaren Flint electrophysiologis...
If you are experiencing episodes of a racing heart or extreme fluttering, you could have a serious condition called atrial fibrillation, which is often referred to as AFib. Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way. When a person has AFib, the normal beating in the upper chambers of the heart is irregular, and blood doesn’t flow as well as it should from the atria to the lower chambers of th...