Monday 24/Feb/2025 – 03:53 PM
An American child underwent the installation of the smallest device Heartbeat In the world, where the child was born prematurely after a heart block, a serious heart disease, to stabilize his heart rate, and about two months after surgery, Mike Oliveieri became healthy and his heart works normally.
According to what was published in the Times Now newspaper, Mikiki Oliviri was born before its time and was only 2.5 kg, and his life was rescued by a small cardiac system, as he underwent the installation of the device at the Hasnfield for Children’s Hospital at New York University He is healthy, after obtaining the smallest heartbeat in the world in late last year.
Planting the smallest heartbeat system for a newborn child
According to the doctors, Mikiki Oliviri was born prematurely and was only 2.5 kg and his life was saved by this small device after he was diagnosed with a blockage Signs of heart blockage, which is a rare congenital heart condition that disrupts the electrical system of the heart, and prevents the natural sign of blood pumping from reaching the lower rooms and causing Slow or irregular heartbeat.
After confirming the diagnosis, Miki’s heart was closely monitored, as his heart rate was in the mid -fifties in the womb, which is much lower than the normal rate of newborns, which ranges between 130 to 150 beats per minute.
Dr. Reina Tan, a baby cardiologist and Mike’s cardiologist, said after birth on the fifth of December, Mike’s heart rate decreased to less than 50, and signs of distress appeared, and we decided that he would need a cardiac system as soon as possible. The size of a large vitamin capsule is a large vitamin capsule.
The doctors said that children who need heart attack devices must weigh at least 3-3.5 kilograms before they can get a standard device, but since Mike was very small and could not wait to reach this weight, it was. They have to do something to save his life, and Dr. Tan and her team obtained a small wire -free cardiac -free cardiac system from Merkour, affiliated to Medterone, The size of a large vitamin capsule, and weighs about one penny.
The device has been specially modified, and turned into a copy that can be used as a generator to regulate the heartbeat after connecting the heart attack electrodes to its heart, and although the use of heartbeat between adults, it is rarely grown in children, especially among newborns.
