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He is a clinical research coordinator in the department of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. Every time the heart beats, it emits an electrical impulse, or wave.

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Why has the heart, more than any other organ, been imbued with such deep symbolism and power? While anatomy tells us it is a muscular pump controlled by electrical impulses, history tells a more ...