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Surgeon to perform new procedure that could affect 2 million heart patients.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)

| June 12, 2001 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: John Fauber

MILWAUKEE _ For the first time ever in this country, a Milwaukee surgeon Wednesday will use microwave radiation to burn small scars in the heart of a patient with a condition that affects about 2 million Americans.

If successful, the technique could be used to treat as many as 70,000 people a year with atrial fibrillation, a type of heart arrhythmia, said David Kress, the St. Luke's Medical Center surgeon who will perform the procedure.

The procedure, which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has been performed about 400 times outside the United States, primarily in Europe and Asia, but has yet to be done here, said Roy Chin, a representative of the AFx Inc., the Fremont, Calif., company that developed the specialized device that…

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