St. Joseph's Children's Hospital First in Tampa Bay to Implant Leadless Pacemaker in Pediatric Heart Patient
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patel Children's Heart Institute at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently implanted its first leadless pacemaker, the first among all Tampa Bay hospitals to leverage this advanced technology in a pediatric patient.
- TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patel Children's Heart Institute at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently implanted its first leadless pacemaker, the first among all Tampa Bay hospitals to leverage this advanced technology in a pediatric patient.
- The procedure was performed by Dr. Kelvin Lau, director of pediatric electrophysiology at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, on a teenage girl who was born with isolated congenital heart block.
- The Patel Children's Heart Institute at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital is home to the Tampa Bay area's only comprehensive congenital heart disease program.
- A partnership between St. Joseph's Children's Hospital and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh provides families across Florida with unprecedented access to the highest level of pediatric heart care available.