New tech took 1.5 hrs. to implant in 14-year-old girl
Riyadh: Prince Sultan Cardiac Center (PSCC) in Al-Qassim province (central Saudi Arabia) successfully implanted a state-of-the-art pacemaker that stimulates heart connectors.
The Electrocardiogram dept. in the center succeeded on Wednesday, 23rd August, in surgically implanting a pacemaker for a 14-year-old girl. who was suffering from slow heartbeats that affected her daily life.
Saudi Health revealed that a specialized team of surgeons planted the pacemaker during an hour-and-a-half surgery, which ended successfully.
Post-surgery, the girl was under observation to follow up on the symptoms which gradually disappeared. She left the hospital with a new life.
This new technology improves old techniques which were dependent on ventricular stimulation and decreases regular biventricular pacemaker surgeries. It’s a cutting-edge technology and is available in limited medical centers.