THE EVOLUTION OF CARDIAC MONITORING WITH ROD PASSMAN, MD

Episode Summary

As heart conditions like arrhythmia become increasingly common, heart monitoring is becoming an even more important tool for disease prevention and treatment.

In this episode of the Breakthroughs podcast, Northwestern Medicine cardiac electrophysiologist Rod S. Passman, MD, who has over three decades of experience in the field and is the director of the Center for Arrhythmia Research, reviews the history of cardiac monitoring and looks to the future. He details his pioneering use of implantable heart monitors for arrhythmia in stroke patients and his partnership with a consumer electronics company to bring wearable cardiac monitors to patients.

Continuing Medical Education Credit

Physicians may claim continuing medical education credit after listening to an episode of this program.

This podcast was originally released by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in August 2021.

Rod S. Passman, MD, director of the Center for Arrhythmia Research, the Jules J. Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology, and professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Cardiology and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern Medicine