The Cardiology division on the Thiruvananthapuram Authorities Medical School Hospital (MCH) has efficiently handled brady arrhythmia (coronary heart rhythm dysfunction) in a 74-year-old affected person from Anchal by implanting Micra AV, mentioned to be the smallest leadless pacemaker the scale of a giant capsule, immediately into the guts by a minimally invasive process.
Leadless pacemakers have turn out to be the cornerstone in remedial therapy of coronary heart rhythm issues and atrioventricular (AV) blocks and the federal government medical school right here is the primary public sector hospital to implant it efficiently.
Pacemakers present pacing assist to take care of coronary heart charge and rhythm, decreasing the chance of issues like coronary heart failure because of irregular coronary heart beats. Conventional pacemakers are the scale of a match field and have electrical leads that are normally implanted into the sufferers by making a surgical pocket below the pores and skin.
Leadless pacemakers, however, are implanted immediately into the guts’s proper ventricle, through the femoral vein within the leg.
Leadless pacemakers thus cast off the dangers of lead-related an infection, dislodgement and the necessity to create surgical pockets below the pores and skin.
The minimally invasive process was carried out below the management of a group headed by head of Cardiology division Mathew Iype, and senior Professors Sibu Mathew, B. Krishnakumar, and pacemaker implantation knowledgeable Arun Gopi.
Revealed – November 05, 2025 10:06 pm IST