A 72-year-old woman, who required a pacemaker for correcting irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, was fixed with a leadless pacemaker through a keyhole surgery at KIMSHEALTH, a press release issued by the hospital here said.
Leadless pacemakers are much smaller than the conventional transvenous pacemakers and do not require deep-chest incision for it to be placed in the heart. It also does away with possible complications such as lead dislodgement in the case of the conventional pacemakers.
The leadless pacemaker option was chosen for the patient considering her advanced age and state of health.
