Espinosa Renee

Dr. Brodsky earned his medical degree at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. He completed his internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Dr. Brodsky completed his cardiology residency and fellowship in interventional cardiology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

Carotid artery stenting is a procedure in which your cardiologist inserts a slender, metal-mesh tube, called a stent, which expands inside your carotid artery to increase blood flow in areas blocked by plaque. In atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, plaque builds up in the walls of your arteries as you age.

A pacemaker is a small device that's placed under the skin of your chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. This device uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal rate. Pacemakers are used to treat heart rhythms that are too slow, fast, or irregular. These abnormal heart rhythms are called arrhythmias.

The Holter monitor is used in diagnosing heart rhythm disturbances that may occur at times when you are away from the doctor. It is used in conjunction with a written diary or log of your daily events and activities. The Holter monitor allows doctors to relate those symptoms to actual variations in heart rhythms, providing them with further diagnostic information for determining the most course of treatment. With the patient sedated, pads are applied to the chest and an electrical impluse is delivered to correct some types of abnormal heart rhythms.