Podcast
Wild Beats
Wild Beats, powered by the Foundation for Inherited Arrhythmias (FIA), is your home for all things genetic heart rhythm conditions. Host Jen Berko, who lives with a rare heart condition, brings your questions to leading experts on long QT syndrome, CPVT, Brugada syndrome, ACM and more. Tune in for honest, unscripted answers on diagnosis, genetic testing, treatment, exercise, family screening and the latest research. FIA works to ensure every rare heartbeat is detected, protected and heard. Learn more at fiacardiac.org. For educational purposes only; not medical advice.
- Episodes
- 1
- Typical length
- 41 min
- On air since
- 2026
- Latest episode
- 4 weeks ago
Episodes
1 episode, newest first
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41 min
Roller Coasters, AEDs and Gene Therapy: Your Questions for Dr. Ackerman
Season 1, Episode 1
Show notes
Can a child with long QT syndrome ride roller coasters? Should families carry a personal AED? And where does gene therapy for long QT stand?
In this episode of Wild Beats, host Jen Berko brings your questions to Dr. Michael Ackerman, director of Mayo Clinic's Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic and president of the Foundation for Inherited Arrhythmias. He answers them in real time, with no preview, covering long QT and pregnancy, beta blocker side effects, LCSD surgery, genetic test results, hydration, ARVC and exercise, and more.
Support the #FIA10for10 campaign: donate $10 for the 10% who survive an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest at fiacardiac.org.
Have a question for a future episode? Learn more at fiacardiac.org.
This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Talk with your medical team about your own care.
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