Newspaper Article Looks at New Treatment for AFib at Scripps

A recent San Diego Union-Tribune report highlighted a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, known as pulsed field ablation, now being offered to patients by Scripps Clinic cardiologists for the first time in San Diego County.

Pulsed field ablation offers a much lower risk of complications and faster recovery time when compared to heat and cold-based ablation technology which has dominated the field for decades, according to Scripps Clinic electrophysiologist Douglas Gibson, MD.

The procedure also is being offered by Steven Mickelsen, MD, and Nicholas Olson, MD, both Scripps Clinic cardiologists.

Read the Union-Tribune report: Scripps Physician Finally Getting to Use the Technology He Helped Invent for Heart Condition