Iowa farmer undergoes innovative heart procedure

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Published on October 20, 2020 - Duration: 02:48s
Iowa farmer undergoes innovative heart procedure

Iowa farmer undergoes innovative heart procedure

ACROSS THEHEARTLAND.ONE FARMER INIOWA IS DOING HISBEST TO FINISHHARVEST SEASONWHILE DEALINGWITH MULTIPLEHEALTH ISSUES.3 NEWS NOWREPORTER RUTAULCINAITE HASMORE ON ALANJENSEN AND HOWAN INNOVATIVEPROCEDURE HASCHANGED HIS LIFE.NAT MUSIC LIFE ISQUIET AND SIMPLEIN EXIRA, IOWALOCATED JUSTABOUT 60 MILESEAST OF COUNCILBLUFFS.BUT FOR FARMERALAN JENSEN LIFEIS A BIT MORECOMPLICATED."AS YOU GETOLDER YOURHEALTH STARTS TODWINDLE A LITTLEBIT." ALAN HASBEEN A HARD-WORKING FARMERHIS ENTIRE LIFE."THIS HAS ALWAYSBEEN MY PASSION.FARMING." BUT THEYEARS OF HARDWORK HAVE PUT ASTRAIN ON HISBODY.HAVING ARTHRITISIN BOTH OF HISKNEES, HE RELIEDHEAVILY ON PAINKILLERS.AND THEN HISWORLD TURNEDUPSIDE DOWN.ALAN JENSENIOWA FARMER"ALMOST TWOYEARS AGO I HADWHAT YOU'D CALLA MINI STROKE, ATIA.AND MY SPEECHWAS SLURRED FORMAYBE THREEMINUTES BUT IWENT TO THEHOSPITAL AND GOCHECKED OUT ANDTHEY SAID, THIS ISA WARNING SIGN."ALAN WASDIAGNOSED WITHHAVING ANIRREGULARHEARTBEAT,KNOWN AS ATRIALFIBRILLATION, ORA-FIB.DR.HIMANSHUAGARWALCARDIOLOGIST,CHI HEALTH"ANYBODY WHOHAS A-FIB ANDHIGH-RISK FACTORFOR STROKE NEEDA BLOOD THINNERFOR THE REST OFTHEIR LIVES." SOALAN WASIMMEDIATELY PUTON BLOODTHINNERS TOPREVENT BLOODCLOTS AND TOPREVENT ASERIOUS STROKE.BUT ON BLOODTHINNERS, HISARTHRITIS GOTWORSE."I MEAN I CAN'TTAKE BUPROFEN, ICAN'T TAKE ALEVE,I CAN'T TAKETURMERIC, I CAN'TTAKE ANY ANTI-INFLAMMATORIESBECAUSE THEYINTERFERE WITHBLOOD THINNERS."THE ONLY THINGTHAT COULD HELPHIM GET OFFBLOOD THINNERSAND HELP HIMTREAT HISARTHRITIS ALL THEWHILEPROTECTING HISHEART WAS ANINNOVATIVEDEVICE THAT FITSIN AN APPENDAGEOF THE HEART TOPREVENT BLOODCLOTS FROMFORMING."NOW THEWATCHMAN MAKESHIS LIFE VERYEASY HE CANPERFORM HISDAILY ACTIVITIESAS A FARMER ANDHE DOESN'T HAVETO WORRY ABOUTCUTTING ORGETTING BRUISED."ALAN GOT THEWATCHMAN PUT INLAST MONTH AT CHIBERGAN MERCY.NATS MUSIC ANDSOON, HE'LL BEABLE TO GET OFFBLOOD THINNERS,AND BACK TOWORK."FARMERS DON'TRETIRE.SOME OF THEM DOMAYBE BUT I HAVENO INTENTION OFRETIRING." NOTEVEN --- AT 71YEARS OLD.REPORTING INEXIRA, IOWA, RUTAULCINAITE, 3NN.C-H-I HAS NOWCOMPLETED 200WATCHMANPROCEDURES ANDIS ALSO SERVINGAS A CLINICALTRIAL SITE FOR ANEW VERSION OFTHE DEVICE.ALAN HAD HISCHECK UP TODAYAND EVERYTHINGSEEMS TO BEGOING WELL, SOHE'LL BE ABLE TOHOPEFULLY GETOFF BLOODTHINNERS AND GOBACK TO TREATINGHIS ARTHRITIS INTHE NEXT FEWWEEKS.WE OF COURSE,WISH HIM THEBEST.DESPITE THE

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