In England, a pensioner has been fitted with a game-changing pacemaker that is roughly the size of a pen lid and lasts up to 20 years.
Heart experts at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) took just 30 minutes to fit the Aveir VR leadless pacemaker into retired contract manager Graham Motteram.
The device, ten times smaller than standard pacemakers, is implanted directly into the heart’s right ventricle and delivers electrical pulses to correct slow or irregular heart rhythm.