By: Times of Oman

Muscat: A specialised medical team at the National Heart Centre at the Royal Hospital has succeeded in performing a first-of-its-kind operation in the Middle East by implanting the "Aveir" wireless pacemaker by catheterisation.

Dr. Najeeb bin Zahran Al Rawahi, Director of the National Heart Centre and Head of the Medical Team, explained that the operation was performed on a patient who suffers from frequent cases of fainting and cardiac arrest for periods of up to 5 seconds that could lead to death.