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Keeping the Community Heart Healthy in 2025

February 12, 2025
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Laurence Conway, MD, Chief of Cardiology, and Danielle Patturelli, Director of Cardiac Services at MelroseWakefield Hospital, return to the Healthy Podcast to discuss the life-saving care provided in the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab every day.

Whether treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a serious type of heart attack with a high risk of serious complications and death, implanting a pacemaker, or performing an electrophysiology procedure to get a patient's heartbeat back in rhythm, the team at MelroseWakefield Hospital continues to be a consistently excellent health resource for the community.
 

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