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Oct 2019
New high-tech heart mapping could throw lifeline to heart failure patients
The new scanning technique will enable surgeons to position a distinctive type of pacemaker with extreme precision, to help regulate the beating heart.
Experts believe the approach, which is the subject of a two year international trial, could enable more patients to live longer and healthier lives.
Aldo Rinaldi, consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, said “This could radically improve the lives of people with heart failure.
“For the first time we are able to accurately position a pacemaker in the heart, which means we can avoid scar tissue in people with heart failure. The reason this is so important is that scar tissue is damaged tissue caused by heart attacks, and this is less effective in conducting the electrical pulse from the pacemaker.”
The term heart failure encompasses a wide range of problems which mean the heart isn’t able to effectively pump blood. Around a third of heart failure patients have problems which meant the left and right side of the heart don’t beat in unison. It is these patients who can be helped by the new pacemaker.
The new procedure involves the use of a device with three leads, inserted into the lower and upper right side of the heart, and the lower left, enabling the two sides to be resynchronised.
Mr Rinaldi went on to say “Patients will feel better, have a better quality of life and they will live longer.”
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