Narayana Health Performs India’s First Pulsed Ablation
CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Narayana Health City has announced the achievement of a significant milestone in Cardiac Electrophysiology by performing India’s first Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) for the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), one of the world’s most common and challenging heart rhythm disorders. Breaching a frontier in Cardiac Electrophysiology, the first PFA procedure in India was successfully conducted at Narayana Health City, Bengaluru by the team of Cardiac Electrophysiologists comprising Dr. Deepak Padmanabhan, Dr. Kapil Kumawat, and Dr. Debabrata Bera. This procedure which would have taken up to four hours through traditional methods, was completed within 35 minutes using this new technology.
As the first centre in India to perform Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA), Narayana Health has integrated this platform with its unique Comprehensive AFib management programme with an intention to deliver state-of-the-art, minimally invasive, and safe AFib ablation to patients suffering from the disease. The Institute performs this procedure on globally recognised technology systems such as Johnson & Johnson, Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic.
This allows physicians to perform procedures with enhanced precision and efficiency. The technology is safe, patient-centric and compatible with both conscious and deep sedation thereby paving the path towards shorter hospital stays and recovery periods. Narayana Health, with its focus on greater accessibility, offers mechanisms for patients of various socio-economic backgrounds to avail this procedure at prices as low as Rupees 2.5 lakhs despite the use of imported technologies.
Commenting on this significant landmark, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Health, said, “Pulsed Field Ablation represents a defining leap in the future of cardiac rhythm management. It uses ultra-fast electrical pulses to selectively target cardiac tissue, while preserving surrounding critical structures and minimising damage. This makes it one of the safest and most promising breakthroughs in Electrophysiology in recent times and ushers in a new era in rhythm management in our country. Atrial Fibrillation affects nearly 50 million people worldwide with the prevalence increasing as the age of the population increases. It contributes to 20 per cent of brain strokes with an unknown cause, and incites and worsens heart failure. It is also known to contribute to dementia by causing minor brain infarcts and reducing blood flow to the brain.
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