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.
The feeling was something Rick Toldo had become accustomed to- his heart pounding in his chest so intensely, it stopped him in his tracks. “The first time I was hospitalized with AFib was more than a decade ago,” Rick said. “The second time was just a few years after that. When the procedure I was supposed to have for it got cancelled, I just never rescheduled. I didn’t want to take the down time from work.” AFib or atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm that happens when the heart’s up...
Roger Parr was shocked to learn the dizziness he experienced while standing and walking over the course of a week were signs of mini strokes taking place in his brain. “I’d had a couple of heart attacks before and I knew that wasn’t what was going on, but I sure didn’t think it could be a stroke,” Roger said. A trip to the emergency room in his hometown of Sault Sainte Marie led to testing, consultation between physicians, and then his family. This resulted in the decision to transfer him to McLaren Fli...
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...