SCA Survivor Cheryl Jordan Winston and Dr. Alan Cheng discusses #suddencardiacarrest, #EVICD ~ @medtronic #hearthealthmonth

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes SCA survivor Cheryl Jordan Winston and Dr. Alan Cheng to Conversations LIVE to discuss the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest and the newly FDA approved Medtronic Aurora EV-ICD.

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Episode Transcript

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the Conversation's live. I'm your host, Service web Glad you wal could join
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you all could join us as well. This is part of my New Zealand
Youth segment here at WYAD, andtoday we're talking about heart health. Febrary

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is recognized for a lot of things, including Heart Health Month. If we
want to talk to you guys aboutsudden cardiac arrests or SCA. It's a
condition where at the heart suddenly andunexpectedly stops beating. Unlike other heart conditions,
though SCA can impact people of allages, all races and ethnicities,
and often without any warning at all. In fact, studies have shown that

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one thousand people each day experience seaand nearly ninety percent of them are fatal.
Thankfully, though, there is anew safe and effective treatment option that's
available that's newly at THEA improved andhere to talk to us about it.
We're excited to welcome doctor Allen Chang. Also we have joining us Cheryl Jordan
Winston. Cheryl is someone who's notonly an sea survivor, but also going
to be sharing a bit of herstory and how she has benefited from the

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new procedure as well. Thanks forthe two of you for the time,
but they do appreciate it. Thankyou, Thanks very much for having us.
Definitely an important topic, Cheryl,if you don't mind, like to
start with you, and I wantto first say thank you so much for
sharing your story because I know bydoing so you are definitely impacting lives and
helping to save lives. Can tellus a bit about your own sudden cardiac
arrest experience. Absolutely in twenty twenty, I collapsed in my bedroom unexpectedly and

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had a sudden partiac arrest and myhusband did CPR on me until the EMTs
arrived. My was successfully resuscitated afternot having a post for twenty five minutes
and after spending about two weeks inhospital recovering, I was a trial patient
for the new EDICD and Cheryl,for those who are just hearing about ev

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ic D, I want to talkabout what your life has been like since
it, since you've been able toreceive it, how has it impacted your
life and what you're able to do. The EDICD has really allowed me to
return to a normal life and dothat confidently. So after my sudden crediac
arrest, I went back to work, I've traveled, I have exercise,

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and really this device has enabled meto do that and to do that without
fear. Oh wow, what agreat thing to hear about. But Ching,
I want to bring you into theconversation here. What does this recent
at the approval mean for patients likeCheryl? Yeah, in short, it's
a new and better option and withpotentially fewer complications and managing patients at risk

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for sudden cardiac arrest. You know, just as a site, I mean,
we're really lucky to be having aconversation with Cheryl, because, as
you alluded to earlier, most patientswho experienced sudden cardiac arrests don't survive,
and when they do, they maybe at risk for future events. And
so instances like that, implannable cardioverterdefibrillators or what we call them in short

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as ICDs are the standard of careand managing these folks. And this new
device that we're talking about here isproviding many of the features of the traditional
ICD with potentially fewer complications. Asyou mentioned talking about the ICDs and out
the chain, whant to ask you, how does this really differ from the
other ones that have been out there, And I know technology continues to improve,

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but tell us a little bit aboutwhat makes this different from others.
Yeah, it's a great question.So, you know, traditional ICDs maybe
to start, you know, maythe heart twenty four to seven and have
actually been around for more than fortyyears. When a dangerously fast heart rhythm
is detected, these devices can delivereither low energy pacing pulses or high energy

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shocks to restore the heart back toits normal rhythm. Now, this device
that Cheryl has is ev ICD.Device is designed to address some of the
concerns that can occur over time,you know with leads in the heart,
which is what the traditional ICD relieson. You can have rare complications associated
with that, and the EVICD systemtakes those leads outside of the heart but

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still provides those benefits that the traditionalICDs have. And Cheryl's utter jing mentioned,
I mean, we are so gratefulthat you're here with us and able
to share your store with us.What advice would you like to give to
our audience when it comes to beingknowledgeable by sending cardi to risk and as
well as our heart health. Youknow, I would say, first and
foremost to consult with your doctor.That's really an important part of this.

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And then also what I would sayis, you know, with these evicds,
it is enabled me, after havinga very major sudden cardiac arrest,
to return to a normal life andthat is something I'm very grateful for and
it's something that is just simply amazing. Well, I thank you again,

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Charel for being brave enough, ofcourse to share your story, but also
to let other people know what ispossible as we're talking about sea here again.
Everyone, Cheryl Jordan Winston, aswell as Docthory Alan Janga have been
our guests talking with us about theimportance of not of course being knowledgeable when
it comes to sudden cardiac risk,but also the new FDA approval for the
ev ic D that can be definitelyof help. So if the thing I

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want to ask you, where canour audience go for more information? Yeah,
people can welong on to metronic dotcom for slash e v I c
D for more information. And youknow, I would also encourage folks to
chat with their healthcare providers and tosee if this is an option for them.
All right, well, thanks tothe two of you again for the
time. Really appreciate it and lookingforward to speaking with you again. Thank

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