Two of Orange County’s biggest hospitals, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Providence St. Joseph in Orange, today touted successful implants of the world’s first dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a patient.
The FDA recently approved the Aveir DR, the world’s first dual chamber leadless pacemaker system made by medtech giant Abbott Laboratories.
Newport Beach’s Hoag said its first minimally invasive surgery was a success and marks a new era in cardiac care.
“This advanced technology is a game-changer for cardiac patients,” said Hoag clinical cardiac electrophysiologist Rajesh Banker, M.D., who performed the surgery and served as the principal investigator in a trial of the pacemaker at Hoag.