Olympics: Record-Setting Swimmer Refused Implanted Defibrillator

8/7/2012 9:12:59 AM

Record-setting swimmer Dana Vollmer opted against an implanted cardiac defibrillator to treat her potentially deadly heart rhythm disorder. American swimmer and record-setter Dana Vollmer's mother doesn't just cheer her on from the stands during competitions - she's on alert, external defibrillator in tow, in case her daughter's heart condition takes the spotlight during the races. Diagnosed at 15 with a potentially deadly heart rhythm defect called long Q-T syndrome, Vollmer and her family opted against an implanted defibrillator that would have monitored her heart rhythms and provided a life-saving shock should she suffer a heart attack.

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