Research from Ireland and the UK suggests that people who have bleeding gums from poor dental hygiene and not brushing their teeth regularly could be increasing their risk of heart disease because bacteria in the mouth enter the bloodstream and stick to platelets, leading to blood clots that interrupt the supply of blood to the heart and causing a heart attack. Read more ...
Good Samaritan Hospital was among the first in the nation to implant a TELIGENTM implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). This advanced device is used to treat sudden cardiac death, which is the abrupt loss of heart function, usually due to an electrical rhythm dysfunction in the lower chambers of the heart that causes the heart to pump blood ineffectively. Read more ...
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