New FDA-approved treatment for atrial fibrillation being used on Chicago-area patients

A new FDA-approved treatment for atrial fibrillation, a common heart condition impacting millions of Americans, is now being used on Chicago-area patients at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital.“It sounded good that there were fewer risks. It was safer, but just as effective,” Geil said.

AF is caused by unwanted tissue in four spots in the veins in the upper left chamber of the heart that bring the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. “Both ways are effective, but it's always been, it comes with the price that you have to worry about the adjacent structures, the food pipe, their esophagus, for example,” said Demo.

It’s the safety profile that appealed to Patricia Carbonara, another one of Demo’s patients to undergo the procedure on March 5.

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