February is Heart Month our UPMC Pinnacle health talk is about the heart. More specifically the electrical activity of the heart. the branch of cardiology that deals with that is electrophysiology.
Dr. Chinmay Patel, Director of Electrophysiology at UPMC Pinnacle and Dr. Michael Long an electrophsysiologist joins us to talk about what makes the heart pump and what goes wrong when it malfunctions or skips a beat. We will talk about "A-Fib" or atrial fibrillation. the risk factors, the complications and the treatments.
And preview the upcoming free seminars dealing with the heart. Learn more about them at: UPMC Pinnacle Events
And you can learn more about what we discussed and how to contact the doctors at: UPMC Pinnacle-Electrophysiology
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