<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3MdHnz_17qRpuYo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3MdHnz_17qRpuYo00" width="1320" height="743" >KALISPELL, Mont. — Logan Health is celebrating its 100th atrial fibrillation procedure called Pulse Field Ablation, also known as PFA.This comes just seven months after the first PFA case at the hospital.PFA uses electroporation to destroy abnormal heart cells, and it’s different than other Afib procedures.“It sends out electrical impulses that are really high frequency and that basically punches holes in cell membranes, and that’s the way we damage and ultimately destroy those problematic heart cells,” says electrophysiologist Dr. Matt Brunson.This procedure is ground-breaking because this specific significantly lowers risks.Patients are required only a couple of hours of bedrest after the procedure, and get to go home the same day.“The risk of damaging adjacent structures especially the esophagus or large nerves that run around the heart like the phrenic nerve, it’s virtually eliminated those risks, and those in the past can cause really catastrophic complications,” says Brunson.The PFA procedure is next level for both doctors and patients and Brunson says it has added a lot of safety.In the future, Brunson and Logan Health are hoping to develop PFA for more Afib arrhythmias and expand to treating more patients.“Now we’re developing catheters that are specifically designed for those other arrhythmias and we’ll be testing pulse field for those other arrhythmias down the road,” says Brunson.Doctors at Logan Health say PFA is a strong, new technology and are very satisfied with the procedure.</div></body>

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KALISPELL, Mont. — Logan Health is celebrating its 100th atrial fibrillation procedure called Pulse Field Ablation, also known as PFA. This comes just seven months after the first PFA case at the hospital. PFA uses electroporation to destroy abnormal heart cells, and it’s different than other Afib procedures.

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KALISPELL, Mont. — Logan Health is celebrating its 100th atrial fibrillation procedure called Pulse Field Ablation, also known as PFA. This comes just seve

Logan Health performs 100th atrial fibrillation procedure using new technology

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