Jim Crooks had symptoms that felt like panic attacks until he had a heart procedure at Butler—which got him back to work in just a few days. BHS HEART TEAM When Clarion business owner Jim Crooks needed an ablation procedure for his atrial fibrillation (AFib), he realized he had many choices for his health care. But Jim went to Butler Health System, he says, because it’s an easy drive from Clarion and has a reputation for excellent cardiac care. “I felt Butler was more than capable of taking care of me with their level of care,” Jim says. “And I felt extremely comfortable with Dr. Storey.” Jim is referring to electrophysiologist James A. Storey, MD, the Butler specialist who performed Jim’s cardiac ablation. Dr. Storey had Jim back to work at Jim’s family’s 117-year-old men’s and women’s specialty store, which he is passionate about, just a few days after his procedure. “That’s pretty amazing,” Jim says. A heart out of sync AFib is a common type of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. It occurs when the heart’s natural electrical signals misfire and cause the heart’s upper chambers, or atria, to contract irregularly. Jim’s irregular heartbeats occurred off and on (called paroxysmal AFib) for years. But by 2021, heart James Storey, MD, FACC, FHRS Electrophysiology A procedure to calm his irregular heartbeat has this Clarion man back doing what he loves best Life’s rhythm restored 4 | HEALTH LINK
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