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City hospital performs valve and pacemaker implantation without open-heart surgery
A valve and pacemaker implantation without open-heart surgery was performed at a city hospital on a 75-year-old woman with a prior bypass history, who had severe breathlessness and episodes of loss of consciousness. The development was disclosed after a press meet on April 29, 2026.
Why It Matters
The report highlights a potentially less invasive option for complex valve and pacemaker procedures, as explained by physicians at the press briefing.
Timeline
2 Events
Article published
April 30, 2026
The article reporting the press meet and the procedure was published.
Press meet reports valve and pacemaker implantation without open-heart surgery
April 29, 2026
Doctors said at a press meet that a valve and pacemaker implantation was performed without open-heart surgery at City hospital on a 75-year-old woman with a history of bypass surgery, who had presented with severe breathlessness and repeated loss of consciousness over three months.