#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Connecting Heart Failure and Arrhythmias | Dr. Mark Anderson

Name: #TomorrowsDiscoveries: Connecting Heart Failure and Arrhythmias | Dr. Mark Anderson
Uploaded: 2017-01-18T00:00:00+00:00
Description: #TomorrowsDiscoveries: Heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump enough blood, while heart arrhythmias occur when the heart’s electrical system is disorganized. Dr. Anderson and his team want to understand why heart failure and heart arrhythmias often happen together—and how both can be better prevented

#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump enough blood, while heart arrhythmias occur when the heart’s electrical system is disorganized. Dr. Anderson and his team want to understand why heart failure and heart arrhythmias often happen together—and how both can be better prevented.

Learn more at: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Research/about-faculty/discoveries-for-a-better-tomorrow.html

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