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8 the markham economist sun healthcare saturday july 8 2006 pa robinson i procedure gives woman back lifestyle pat robinson trustee trustee in bankruptcy call for a free personal discussion help with creditor problems proposal to creditors personal business bankruptcy aurora head office 15105 yonge st 201 atchurdo 905 7272577 richmond hill 9555 yonge st 401 at wddrick 905 5089493 toronto 150 york st 800 at adelaide 416 4106648 toll free 18777272577 email patpatrobinsoncom web wwwpatrobinsoncom er0iimohe limited surgery could give hope to others suffering from heart disease by michael power staff writer there was a time when charlotte adams irregular heartbeat was so debil itating she had trouble bending over or climbing stairs to deal with the condition a device similar to a pacemaker was implanted a few years ago to help regulate her heart beat ms adams who had suffered a car diac arrest on christmas day 2001 also had four operations in which carefully selected parts of the heart muscle were destroyed to stop the area from giving off extra impulses which cause rapid or extra heartbeats but the irregular beat continued until she went to southlake regional health centre to have an operation that burns tissue around the pulmonary veins although the procedure is the same as ms adams previous operations the ability to burn tissue near the pul monary vein is new since then ms adams has been able to swim go for long walks and work full time as an english teacher at uxbridge secondary school thafs what really made me better said the uxbridge resident and mother of two daughters that got rid of it for me and ive been arrhythmia free for two years now my heart runs in rhythm with the rest of my body southlake is poised to perform the cuttingedge procedure up to 200 times a year said dr zaev wulffhart medical director of the hospitals arrhythmia pro gram the hearts top chamber can beat out of sync with the bottom one the condi tion arises because an area in the heart is firing electrical signals inappropriately dr wulffhart said some patients have no trouble dealing with their condition while others are uncomfortable but can live with it some such as ms adams are debili tated by the condition and have little or no luck with drugs its those patients who are candidates for the procedure dr wulffhart said not everybody who has this prob lem will be calling to say i want this pro cedure he said the operation involves inserting a tube usually into either the groin or neck that makes its way to the heart using the tube an area around the pulmonary veins is burned which stops the electric impulse from getting in and disrupting the hearts rhythm risks during the threetofivehour procedure exist but are small with com plications arising in one in 1000 opera tions dr wulffhart said because its so new there are very few centres that offer the treatment he said noting some smaller hospitals have sent staff to southlake to learn how to do the operation were pretty proud of what were doing up here he said to have this procedure right here inthe community is pretty great for ms adams the operation has meant the difference between a serious condition and a normal life they really gave me back my life she said my life is very normal and you appreciate that when you dont have it about your power going out powerstream prides itself on distributing safe and reliable electricity to its customers however on those rare occasions when the power does go out we can now provide you with a quick and efficient way of reporting and accessing outage information through our new power outage communication service at 18777773810 this new service is a sfateofthearf system that is specifically designed to manage incoming calls relating to disruptions based on a customers calling area once the system identifies the calling area it automatically provides detailed information about known outages in the vicinity or assists the customer in reporting a previously 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