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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Patient one of first to be fitted with new pacemaker the size of a pen lid

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A 76-year-old man has become one of the first people in the country to be fitted with a new pacemaker 10 times smaller than a standard device and with a battery that can last for up to 20 years.

Heart experts at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) took just 30 minutes to fit the Aveir VR leadless pacemaker to retired contract manager Graham Motteram.

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