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.
Mayor s Office says 8 more city residents have died
WCVB and Herald News Staff
BOSTON The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 1,928 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 545,624 since the start of the pandemic.
Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan s office said in a release on Thursday that there have been 131 new cases in the city since last week. Eight more Fall River residents have also died of COVID in the last week.
There have been 12,184 cases in the city since the pandemic began, and 316 people have died.
State health officials also added 33 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths to the state s total, which is now 15,657.