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Dr Renjith Antony, consultant cardiologist at Castle Hill Hospital, with the new wireless pacemaker A doctor says a new wireless pacemaker is a game changer for heart patients at risk of infection.

Cardiology staff have been celebrating after carrying out the region's first procedures to fit completely leadless pacemakers. The first patients underwent their surgery at Castle Hill Hospital ...