The Herald News
FALL RIVER – Southcoast Health is enrolling patients in a new clinical trial to evaluate the use of a new heart ablation technology designed to treat atrial fibrillation.
The community health system’s Cardiovascular Care Center at Charlton Memorial Hospital was the first in the world to perform the procedure during the pivotal phase of the research trial that precedes FDA approval, said Southcoast Clinical Research Coordinator Debra Benevides.
The investigational device exemption pivotal trial is called Pulsed AF and utilizes the Medtronic PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation System, a breakthrough technology that uses pulsed electric fields to treat atrial fibrillation by interrupting irregular heart rhythms.