New, Tiny Pacemaker Implanted Directly Into Heart (VIDEO)

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Just 24 millimeters in length, a new class of pacemaker is being implanted directly into a patient`s heart. Doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center say because the device is 90 percent smaller than current pacemaker models, it can be fed through a catheter placed in a patient`s leg and implanted without surgery.

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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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