HEART AND VASCULAR
HOW A REVOLUTIONARY PROCEDURE HEALS HEARTS WITH PRECISION SCAR TISSUE In the hustle of daily life, juggling kids' activities, work and household responsibilities, Heather Bottelman, 43, of Anamosa, found herself in an unexpected health crisis. While she raced from one activity to another, her heart was doing some racing of its own and she ended up in St. Luke’s Hospital's Emergency Room.
A specialized heart procedure at St. Luke’s Hospital fixed Heather Bottelman’s racing heart, allowing her to resume regular workouts at her fitness center, HOTWORX Cedar Rapids.
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During one of her regular fitness center workouts, Bottelman’s heart rate soared above 200 beats per minute, a concerning discovery flagged by her heart rate monitor. Normal resting heart rate is 60-100 beats per minute, and during vigorous physical activity, target heart rate depends on a person’s age.
