Doctors at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in the capital city have successfully implanted a new pacemaker for a patient who underwent a double mastectomy.
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A pacemaker stimulates the heart with electrical signals when it detects arrhythmias of the heart. Pacemakers are classified based on the number of lead electrodes used and the type of pacing involved.
Dr. Jaswal said, “For a two-time cancer survivor, the patient has shown tremendous courage in surviving a series of illness. In this case, the patient had undergone cancer treatment and that compressed the area where implanting the device was more viable. So we had to take the retro peritoneal way."
The team had taken extra efforts to import special leads to complete the surgery successfully.
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