Alden H. Harken, MD, FACS | ACS Icons in Surgery

Presented by Lewis Wetstein, MD, FACS
Alden H. Harken, MD, FACS, is a key contributor to the field of cardiac electrophysiology, which advanced the understanding of the pathophysiology of ventricular tachycardia. Harken devised and performed the first successful treatment of “Sudden Cardiac Death” by mapping and surgically excising the intracardiac source of ventricular tachyarrhythmias.