Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Patients at Northwest Health – Porter to receive new treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
Valparaiso, IN – On October 1, cardiac electrophysiologists at Northwest Health – Porter will begin using an innovative new cardiac ablation therapy to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults. When a person has AFib, the normal beating in the heart is irregular and blood doesn’t flow as well as it should from the atria to the lower chambers of the heart. Traditional ablation therapies rely on thermal or cryogenic energy to disrupt the irregular