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Nothing. Not car crashes, cancer or stroke kills more people than heart disease. Every year, researchers push to see heart disease earlier. And early diagnosis coupled with new treatments keep people alive longer. One new test, a special type of echocardiogram, allows doctors to see your how your heart pumps more clearly than ever before. This glimpse of your heart can help doctors get you on the right treatment faster.
Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators may prevent sudden death in children at risk for fatal heart rhythm disturbances.
You may get short of breath, weak, your heart races. It could be an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation. Two-point-two million people in the US suffer from this condition, and if left untreated it can cause a stroke or even kill you. Doctors at Mayo Clinic are using doses of energy to stop the problem and give people the chance at a normal life.
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