A team of specialists from the National Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw (Anin), has performed a procedure to implant a new generation electrodeless pacemaker in a patient who had undergone heart transplantation surgery in the past. The method used is minimally invasive and safe. The lack of electrodes reduces the risk of possible complications, and the device itself stimulates the heart's ventricle and can potentially cooperate with the atrial part of the pacemaker in the future, thus increasing the patient's chances of recovery. This is the first procedure of its kind in Poland.
The procedure was performed on a patient who has suffered from cardiovascular disease for many years. The woman underwent heart transplant surgery 10 years ago. Recently, she developed rhythm and conduction disturbances requiring the implantation of a pacemaker. Due to her previous surgeries and the immunosuppression used after the heart tr...
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