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Duluth doctor is first in Minnesota to perform new heart procedure
Dr. Nicole Worden, interventional cardiologist at Essentia Health, was the first in the state to perform intervascular lithotripsy, a procedure that inserts a balloon into the artery and uses sonic pressure waves to break off calcium to make room for a stent. Written By: Laura Butterbrodt | ×
Dr. Nicole Worden, interventional cardiologist at Essentia Health (Submitted photo)
When 84-year-old Carolyne “Dolly” Strumbel went to the Virginia emergency room on March 8, she was feeling terrible, she said, but never imagined there was anything wrong with her heart.
The next thing she knew, she was at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth where her symptoms shortness of breath, weakness and atrial fibrillation were diagnosed as a heart attack. Strumbel, who lives in Eveleth, had two coronary arteries that were 70-80% blocked.