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Can Math and Physics Save an Arrhythmic Heart?

The Joy of Why

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The Different Types of Heart Attacks

When you have a heart attack, there are two causes that can happen. Either the whole heart stops contracting or initiates an arrhythmia. Heart failure is when the heart eventually starts to change in time and gets thicker. cardiac arrest happens when all of your blood isn't being pumped properly. The defibrillator uses electric fields to excite cells at once so they can excite yourself again.

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