Health First’s Viera Hospital was the setting for the first patient procedure in Central Florida implementing a BIOMONITOR IV implantable cardiac monitor from BIOTRONIK, powered by artificial intelligence with an anticipated five-year battery life. That's good news for patient Richard Dean.

When Dean went in for his annual checkup not long ago, he had little idea he had an atrial flutter, but he and his doctor quickly detected it and agreed that it may be masking a more serious condition – atrial fibrillation. His heart would need monitoring.

He had no clue that it would lead to him being a medical first in Central Florida.

On June 20, Dean was the first in the region to receive the BIOMONITOR IV implantable cardiac monitor from BIOTRONIK. The latest version of the ICM is enabled by artificial intelligence that reduces false positive detections 86% while preserving 98% of the true episodes.

“This BIOMONITOR IV gives us the ability to more accurately measure heart rhythms, and it allows us to determine if the patient is having atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, which has a huge impact on the way we care for them," says Health First Cardiologist Kevin Campbell, MD, who conducted the procedure.

READ the full feature in Space Coast Daily HERE.