Jupiter Medical Center is pleased to announce that it now offers Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT) delivered by the Alair™ System. BT is a safe, outpatient procedure that is proven to reduce asthma attacks and emergency rooms visits for at least five years in adult patients with severe asthma, and is shown to improve asthma-related quality of life for people living with the disease.
In a clinical study, at year one compared to a control group, patients who had the BT procedure showed:
– a 32 percent reduction in severe asthma attacks
– an 84 percent reduction in emergency room visits for respiratory related symptoms
– 66 percent fewer days lost from work, school, and other activities due to asthma symptoms
Prior to the BT procedure, doctors had only pharmaceutical medications to offer their severe asthma patients, which offered temporary relief from asthma symptoms. Jupiter Medical Center now has this first-of-its-kind medical device procedure to provide severe asthma patients with a safe, long-lasting, proven treatment option to help reduce asthma attacks.
The treatment works by using controlled radiofrequency to heat up the lungs, coagulating the proteins in the smooth muscle fibers that can produce bronchial spams. The tissue then becomes weaker, lessening its ability to constrict the flow of oxygen.
