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Des Plaines man pioneers cardiac breakthrough

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Cardiologist Parag Patel shows where the AngelMed Guardian heart attack alert system has been implanted in Paul Heiden of Des Plaines at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.

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Research coordinator Gabriella Fini assists as an external monitor is placed on cardiac patient Paul Heiden of Des Plaines by field engineer Ayo Ositelu with AngelMed. Heiden had the heart attack alert monitor implanted last week as part of a nationwide clinical trial.

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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital research coordinator Gabriella Fini tells cardiac patient Paul Heiden that she hopes his AngelMed Guardian heart attack alert monitor will be one of the ones activated in a clinical trial. Moments later, they found out his won’t be turned on for six months.

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The AngelMed Guardian heart attack alert system has a probe, left side of model, inserted in the heart that reads electrical differences that may precede a heart attack.

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Paul Heiden of Des Plaines joined the ranks of the world’s heart attack victims only two weeks ago, but he is already a pioneer for an experimental new technology researchers hope will protect millions of lives in the future.

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