Monday, 30 March 2015

Miniature pacemaker designed to be implanted in fetuses

The relative sizes of a standard pacemaker and the new fetus-sized model (Image: CHLA)


In the near future, it's entirely possible that babies with heart defects will be born with complete pacemakers already installed. That's because scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California have developed the world's first fully-implantable pacemaker for fetuses. .. Continue Reading Miniature pacemaker designed to be implanted in fetuses



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