Aspin implanted with Medtronic pacer
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Secretary of Defense Les Aspin receives Medtronic's Elite II dual-chamber, rate-responsive cardiac pacemaker during March 18 surgical procedure at Georgetown University Medical Center Hospital in Washington, D.C. The device was implanted to treat Aspin's obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an off-label use. The Elite II was approved in December for treatment of bradycardia.