Max Hospital Saket Doctors perform Incision-Free surgery with Leadless Pacemaker on 74-year-old woman
New Delhi: Doctors at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket saved the life of a 74-year-old woman, who had been struggling with severe complications after an infection from a previously implanted pacemaker by performing an innovative medical procedure.
The patient arrived at the hospital in critical condition after her previously implanted pacemaker got severely infected, causing the infection to spread in her bloodstream. The situation was life-threatening, and the pacemaker and its leads had to be removed.
With her condition stabilised through antibiotics and a blood transfusion, the medical team at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket led by Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman, Cardiology, decided on an advanced approach, the implantation of a leadless pacemaker. Unlike traditional pacemakers, which require an incision in the chest and lead wires connected to the heart, this cutting-edge technology is implanted through a minimally invasive catheter, without the need for any incisions or stitches. The device, called the AVEIR VR, is the first of its kind in India.
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