Hyderabad :

An 81-year-old man became the recipient of the world’s smallest pacemaker in city on Tuesday .

The leadless pacemaker, which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) only a year back, is a new heart device that offers the most advanced pacing technology at onetenth the size of a traditional pacemaker, said D. Bharat V Purohit, chief of Interventional Cardiology , Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad, where the procedure was carried out.

Pacemakers are the most common way to treat Bradycardia to help restore the heart’s normal rhythm.

“The gentleman had slow heartbeat and was suggested a pacemaker. In view of prior history of angioplasty for which he is on blood thinner, stopping the medicines for doing conventional pacemaker would have caused a risk.Besides in view of advanced age, he was very reluctant for any surgical procedure. Hence option of this leadless pacemaker was discussed and decided,” said Dr Bharat V Purohit.

The pacemaker was implanted through the leg. It was attached directly to the walls of the heart to give electrical signals for maintaining a normal heart rate.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Hyderabad News / TNN / November 01st, 2017