Dameron Hospital | Health Outlook | Winter 2018

FOR Christine McParland, a high- energy 74 year-old, slowing down is not an option. When she’s not coaching track and field, she’s running a ranch and participating in livestock shows. Over the past few years, however, she began feeling fatigued most of the time, so she visited her doctor and found out that she had an irregular heartbeat. The Micra pacemaker was just what she needed to get her “back into rhythm.” “I was wondering why I was having such a hard time sleeping at night,” says McParland. “I had done regular EKGs on my heart, but they showed I had a regular heartbeat. It was when Dr. Buhari placed me on a 24-hour heart monitor that I found out that my heart was stopping briefly for a few seconds multiple times throughout the night.” A pacemaker for an active lifestyle Dr. Cyrus Buhari, DO, suggested McParland try the Micra pacemaker as a solution to her problem. “Dr. Buhari felt that with my active lifestyle, the Micra pacemaker was a perfect fit for me,” says McParland. “It offered fewer activity restrictions due to its compact size, and I didn’t have to worry about a bump or chest scar on my skin to get in the way of my daily activities.” Back in action, fast Once Dr. Buhari performed the procedure, McParland noticed immediate results. Why I choseMicra—andDameron “It was amazing; I could feel the results right away,” she says. “I felt I could jump again, jog with my students and get back to some of the things I used to do on my ranch before I developed this condition. “I’m very grateful to Dr. Buhari and all the marvelous staff at Dameron Hospital Christine McParland found the Micra pacemaker to be a perfect fit for her active lifestyle. for keeping me alive and healthy and taking such good care of me. Because of the wonderful care I received, I can now enjoy life’s simple pleasures again and be here for my family.” dameronhospital.org 7

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