Patient Story: Emily
Emily Falkenstein has spent her entire life living with a congenital heart defect. Beginning with an initial heart attack in infancy, Emily has received her care at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Boston, MAPhone: 866-644-8910
Boston, MAPhone: 617-724-4500
I completed my medical residency in 1995 (St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA), cardiology fellowship in 1998 (University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA) and cardiac electrophysiology fellowship in 1999 (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA).
I am currently an Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. I am a Staff Cardiac Electrophysiologist and the Director of Pacemaker and ICD Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
I am the course director for the Boston Lead Management Symposium.
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Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Mass General: Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4500
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Block HF Clinical Trial. This is a multicenter study to test the hypothesis that patients with mild to moderate symptoms of heart failure, NYHA Class I, II, and III, some degree of left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF < 50%) and AV block will benefit from biventricular pacing compared to right ventricular pacing, as evidenced by a slowing in the progression of heart failure in patients receiving biventricular pacing. This benefit will be demonstrated using a composite endpoint of mortality, morbidity and cardiac function.
VEST. This is a multicenter NIH funded study looking into reducing the risk of sudden cardiac death in post-MI patients who have a reduced LVEF < 35%. These patients will be randomized to receive a LifeVest external defibrillator as opposed to medical therapy.
Role: Principal investigator for Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Emily Falkenstein has spent her entire life living with a congenital heart defect. Beginning with an initial heart attack in infancy, Emily has received her care at Massachusetts General Hospital.