DAYTONA BEACH, FL- Halifax Health will present Florida's first live online Automated Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator case.

A majority of the 200,000 – 400,000 people that die suddenly in the United States each year do so as a result of heart rhythm abnormalities known as ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a battery-powered device that significantly improves the chances of survival in people at high risk for these arrhythmias. Modern ICDs are sophisticated devices that are able to perform three general functions: treatment of dangerous ventricular arrhythmias, record the heart's activity in the device memory, and standard pacemaker functions.

Hanscy Seide, MD, will perform the procedure and  MORE...

DAYTONA BEACH, FL- Halifax Health will present Florida's first live online Automated Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator case.

A majority of the 200,000 – 400,000 people that die suddenly in the United States each year do so as a result of heart rhythm abnormalities known as ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a battery-powered device that significantly improves the chances of survival in people at high risk for these arrhythmias. Modern ICDs are sophisticated devices that are able to perform three general functions: treatment of dangerous ventricular arrhythmias, record the heart's activity in the device memory, and standard pacemaker functions.

Hanscy Seide, MD, will perform the procedure and Donald Stoner, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Halifax Health Medical Center, will moderate. Dr. Seide, who is with Cardiology Consultants in Daytona Beach, has implanted more than 350 defibrillators during the past three years.

Halifax Health Medical Center is the first and only medical center in Central Florida to be certified by The Joint Commission as a Center of Excellence in Acute Myocardial Infarction care and has been named one of the Top 100 Cardiac Hospitals in the country.

"Halifax Health continues to lead the way in patient outcomes and clinical procedures," said Dr. Stoner. "This effort is just another way that we are able to showcase our modern technology and medical talent to our community."

The surgery may be viewed at halifaxhealth.org or the public is invited to attend a viewing at Halifax Health Medical Center's auditorium. To reserve a seat at the public viewing at Halifax Health Medical Center, please call 877.8.HALIFAX.

The event will also be available through You Tube, Google, Yahoo, MSN and iTunes.