BY OPENHEART X\CARDIA
The newsletter that guides you through the personal life journey of receiving an implanted cardiac device, and lets you in on what you device is actually saying about your heart — for patients, caregivers, clinicians, industry professional.
Weekly. Free forever. Physician edition also available.
PATIENT
Living with a device?
Plain-English explanations of what your device is detecting, what alerts mean, and what to do next.
CARDIOLOGIST
Reduce your alert burden
CME-eligible clinical deep-dives. Informed patients mean fewer non-actionable callbacks.
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DEVICE EXECUTIVE
Monthly intelligence briefing
What your patients are asking about your devices right now. Data MDR and MAUDE cannot provide.
The scale of the problem
3M+
Americans with an implanted cardiac device
95%
Of device alerts are non-urgent — yet all require review
11
Questions patients ask every day on Reddit and Facebook
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Newsletters before this one that could answer them with device data
SOUND FAMILIAR?
01 "What does this term on my report actually mean?"
02 "My device fired. What do I do right now?"
03 "Why am I waiting 3 weeks to hear if this is serious?"
04 "Is what I'm feeling normal — or should I be worried?"
05 "What is my device actually detecting right now?"
06 "Am I the only one who feels this way?"
The Generator answers all 11 of the questions cardiac device patients ask every week — with clinical accuracy, at three reading levels.
EVERY ISSUE CONTAINS
01
The Signal
The hook — a real device event
02
The Decode
Deep-dive interpretation
03
Device Decoder
One term. Three reading levels.
04
While You Wait
Actionable protocol for now
05
You Are Not Alone
Patient story + validation
06
The CTA Stack
Next step for every reader
Device Decoder — sample entry
Mode Switch Episode
When your pacemaker detects a fast abnormal rhythm and automatically changes how it paces to protect you.
PATIENT
Your device noticed your heart was beating too fast and stepped in. You may have felt a flutter or nothing at all.
CARDIOLOGIST
Atrial tachyarrhythmia detected above programmed MTR threshold; device switched to non-tracking mode. Review log for burden.
DEVICE EXECUTIVE
Mode switch frequency is a real-world AF burden signal that official MDR data cannot capture at population scale.
editorial board
PATIENT
"I've had my ICD for four years and never understood what my transmissions showed. The Generator explained mode switch in a way my cardiologist never had time to."
–ICD patient, 58, Ohio
CARDIOLOGIST
"This is the resource I've been waiting to hand patients at discharge. It answers the questions that fill my inbox between appointments."
–Electrophysiologist, academic medical centre
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