DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - It’s been two years since the FDA approved a new heart device, offering a treatment option for patients with slow or abnormal heart rhythms. Now the northland has access to that life-saving technology.

Aspirus St. Luke’s leaders say they are the only health system in the region offering a new device for heart care, and a Wisconsin native was the first patient to undergo the operation successfully.

John Higney and his wife Gina live in Cornucopia, WI, where at 71 years old they still prioritize an active lifestyle.

That is until John’s history of low heart rate finally caught up with him three months ago.

“After playing some pickleball, I actually passed out for the first time. So, I started meeting with Dr. Brigham three weeks later, the monitor show

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