City hospital performs valve and pacemaker implantation without open-heart surgery

MGM Healthcare Malar, Adyar, carried retired a combined, minimally invasive procedure, comprising transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and implantation of a dual-chamber leadless pacemaker, without resorting to open-heart surgery.

The process was carried retired connected a 75-year-old pistillate with a anterior past of bypass surgery, who presented with terrible breathlessness and repeated episodes of nonaccomplishment of consciousness implicit 3 months, doctors said astatine a property conscionable connected Wednesday.