37 Military Hospital

37 Military Hospital Performs Historic Surgery For Woman With Blocked Heart For 12 Years

37 Military Hospital Performs Historic Surgery For Woman With Blocked Heart For 12 Years

The 37 Military Hospital has successfully conducted its first-ever Dual Chamber Pacemaker surgery for a 47-year-old woman who has lived with a blocked heart for 12 years. Heart block is a condition where the electrical impulses that control the beating of the heart muscle are disrupted. The most serious type of heart block is known as complete or third-degree. Heart block has symptoms such as shortness of breath, palpitations (irregular heartbeat), dizzy spells/fainting, and nausea. Dual-Chamber Pacemaker is a type of surgery, which helps to correct the condition by carrying electrical impulses to the right ventricle and the right atrium of the heart…
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