When the elderly moggie began having fainting spells, her owners took her to the vet and she was diagnosed with arrhythmia - a condition in which the heart stops beating for short periods of time.
University of Melbourne doctors fitted a tiny pacemaker into the stricken pussycat, lodging the unit in her stomach muscles with wires leading into the heart.
While dogs have benefited from pacemakers for more than 15 years now, fitting the life-saving device is still a rare operation for cats, especially in Australia.
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