French Hospital Medical Center patient gets world's smallest pacemaker

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French Hospital Medical Center patient gets world’s smallest pacemaker

By Staff Report / Thursday, January 4th, 2018 / Comments Off on French Hospital Medical Center patient gets world’s smallest pacemaker

French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo recently conducted a procedure to give a patient the smallest leadless pacemaker in the world — 10 times smaller than a traditional pacemaker. The hospital announced the addition to its cardiac program on Jan. 3, saying that Dr. Chris Porterfield conducted the procedure to treat a patient…

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