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SPOTLIGHT: COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BY ELISE SIMS

Wassim Ballany, MD,
holds up the tiny Micra
pacemaker, which is
as small as a vitamin.

Picking Up
the Pace

Next-generation pacemaker offers
minimally invasive option and is
MRI safe
Rose Bailey

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For years, Rose Bailey lived with a heart
valve condition that made it difficult for
her to move at a fast pace. As a result,
she admits she has become a bit of a bookworm
and prefers quieter activities.
In 2008, Bailey had corrective heart valve surgery in St. Louis, where she was living at the time.
At first her heart was fine, but as she aged
she noticed her heart rate kept getting slower
and slower. She was always tired and couldn't
stay awake.

"I like to complete a lot of different
word challenges and searches, such as
seek-and-find puzzle books, and read,"
Bailey says, who is now 72 years old and
living in Chicago. "I would be reading
a book, but the next thing you know, I
would fall asleep."
Bailey's fatigue was related to her slow
heart rate. Wanting to help find the best
solution for Bailey's heart, her relatives
made an appointment with cardiac electrophysiologist Wassim Ballany, MD, on
staff at Community Hospital, Munster.
Slow heart rates due to electrical failure in the heart are treated with pacemakers. Ballany told Bailey she would be
first in Northwest Indiana to get a very
special pacemaker, one that requires no
incision or skin pocket and has no lead.
The device also is MRI safe.
"I knew this tiny pacemaker was a big
deal with all the attention I was getting
before, during and after the procedure,"
says Bailey. "Dr. Ballany was very good
and explained everything and answered
all my questions. All of my care was
excellent. Everyone was kind and understanding and made sure I was comfortable. My heart is fine now and I would
recommend the procedure to others
with slow heart rates."
The new FDA-approved Medtronic
Micra leadless pacemaker is the world's
smallest pacemaker designed to treat
those with Bailey's condition, called
bradycardia or slow heartbeat. The
Micra Transcatheter Pacing System is
comparable in size to a large everyday
vitamin, less than 1/10 the size of traditional pacemakers.
"Cardiac electrophysiologists at
Community Healthcare System have a
deep commitment to delivering the latest, most state-of-the-art treatments
available for heart rhythm disorders,"
says Ballany. "When this advanced



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