Calvin Hempen of Macon, Missouri was the first patient in the area to receive the bi-ventricular pacing device. A week after I received the pacemaker I went on a Caribbean cruise. I'm really looking forward to spring gardening this year. Jerry Kennett, MD, of the Missouri Heart Center is the principle investigator for the study at Boone Hospital. Dan Pierce, MD, and Patricia Guerrero, MD, are sub-investigators of the study and perform the pacemaker and defibrillator implantations.
Heart failure is the number one cardiovascular disease.
Advanced heart failure has a higher mortality rate than any cancer.