Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of the Providence Heart Institute is joined by is Dr. Darryl Wells, a Cardiac Electrophysiologist with Providence Swedish in Seattle, Washington. Today we are discussing sudden cardiac arrest—what it is, what the symptoms are, prevention, treatment and more.
For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute
For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific
For more information on heart health, prevention and wellness, visit: Providence Basecamp Prevention + Wellness
"I told him go out and tango tonight because he can do that now that he's on the medicines." - Richard Wright, MD, Cardiology
Dr. John Waggoner speaks with Dr. Richard Wright, from Providence in Santa Monica, California, and Dr. John Mignone, with Providence Swedish in Seattle, Washington, both heart failure specialists in the field of cardiology. In this episode of Heart Matters, we are talking about Heart Failure—what that is, how it differs from other heart conditions we’ve discussed on previous episodes of the podcast, along with treatments and prevention.
For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute
For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific
Dr. Judy Ducsik, Executive Director of Providence Heart Institute in Portland, Oregon, is joined by Dr. Shephal Doshi, a cardiac electrophysiologist specialist with Providence in Santa Monica, California to discuss the topic of atrial fibrillation, commonly known as Afib.
They explain what Afib is along with some of the warning signs to know if you may need to seek treatment and discuss the new treatments and technology options to help you lead a normal and healthy life.
For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute
For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific
Dr. John Waggoner, Interventional Cardiologist practicing in Olympia, Washington, is joined by Dr. Jonathan McDonagh, Interventional Cardiologist from Anchorage, Alaska and discuss the topic of interventional cardiology. They help explain interventional cardiology is and how the practice plays a role in heart health.
For more information about Providence Heart Institute, visit: Providence Heart Institute
For more information about Boston Scientific, visit: Boston Scientific
In this episode of Heart Matters, Matt Ducsik, Associate Vice President of Clinical Institutes at Providence, is joined by Jim Walsh, MD who specializes in Addiction Recovery Services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, and James Brevig, MD, FACS, a Cardiac and Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Providence Cardiac Surgery in Everett, Washington.
Our panel discusses the important topic of how we treat the whole person when caring for cardiac patients, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. In this case, we will be talking about a specific heart condition that disproportionately affects patients with substance use disorder, many of whom are without stable housing or access to other basic health services.
Be sure to tune in and listen to the other episodes of Heart Matters or subscribe to have the latest episode delivered to your favorite podcast platform.
For more information and resources, visit:
Providence Heart Institute
Boston Scientific
In this episode of Heart Matters, Judy Ducsik, Executive Director, Providence Central Division Heart Institute, speaks with Dr. Harry Peled, Medical Director of Cardiology and Critical Care at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in California, about modern diagnosis methods in cardiology. They discuss how technology has improved over time and where we're going in the field of diagnostics and imaging to provide the best cardiology care possible.
Be sure to tune in and listen to the other episodes of Heart Matters or subscribe to have the latest episode delivered to your favorite podcast platform.
For more information and resources, visit: