Hadassah cardiac surgeon today saved the life of a 37-year-old woman patient–suffering heartblock–by successfully implanting in her heart a permanent electronic pacemaker. The delicate operation–the first of its kind in Israel–was performed by Professor Hanoch Milwidsky, head of Hadassah’s department of thoracic surgery, at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
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