At UPMC, our specialists use AFib ablation to treat symptoms that have not responded to medications. This procedure can restore the heart to a normal rhythm.
their heartbeat becomes erratic or stops altogether, leading to a lack of blood flow and oxygen to vital organs. AEDs work by delivering an electric shock that helps to restore a stable heart rhythm. Using
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41. The method of claim 34 further comprising sensing the ECG of the patient's heart and generating a signal representative of the ECG and wherein the time segment of the natural heart acceleration signal is selected to correspond with a predetermined portion of the ECG signal. 42. The metho...
Defibrillation causes most of the heart muscle cells to contract all at the same time. This sudden “shock” gives the naturalpacemakersin the heart, located in the right atrium, a chance to regain control of the pace and rate of the heart’s rhythm. This form of cardioversion is used in...