World’s Smallest Pacemaker | Focus on Health

Program: KVIE Digital Studios | Type: Full Video | Aired: 2022-06-03

World’s Smallest Pacemaker | Focus on Health

The smallest pacemaker in the world is now being placed into some very small patients with help from Pediatric Electrophysiologist Daniel Cortez of UC Davis Health. Learn how an innovative procedure using a pacemaker the size of a vitamin capsule is helping an 11-year old girl with a rare mitochondrial disease live a better life.

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