Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) Credit: Image courtesy of Meridian Health
The Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) – the world’s smallest pacemaker – has now been gained FDA approval. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, is the first hospital in New Jersey to implant the TPS. Micra TPS is a new type of heart device that treats patients with bradycardia, a common heart condition characterized by a slow or irregular heart rhythm.
People with bradycardia usually experience fewer than 60 beats per minute. At this rate, the heart is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body during normal activity or exercise, causing dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath or fainting spells...
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