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Professor André Ng, Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Leicester and Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Leicester’s Hospitals carrying out UK’s first heart operations using a novel software platform to pinpoint the source of the heart condition. Credit: University of Leicester
The UK's first heart operations using a novel software platform to pinpoint the source of the heart condition have been carried out in Leicester thanks to research at the University of Leicester.
Professor André Ng, Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Leicester and Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Leicester's Hospitals, has carried out three operations since November 2015.
The patients suffered from a condition known as atrial fibrillation (AF) – the commonest heart rhythm disturbance affecting more than 1 million people in the UK.
All three patients have now returned home following the operations which were completed successfully.
AF is a condition that causes the upper chambers of the heart (atria) to beat very fast and irregularly due to chaotic electrical activity. As a result the atria do not beat in an organised way and pump less efficiently, increasing the likelihood of stroke and heart failure.
Electrical activity in the heart is an area of specialist research at the University of Leicester, spearheaded by Professor Ng and his research team in the University's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences. Professor Ng has been researching this field for several years and this latest technique that he is applying on a patient will help to further enhance his research.
Professor Ng said the UK first at Leicester exemplifies how research at the University of Leicester was providing benefits for patients thanks to the partnership between the University and Leicester's Hospitals and the support of the NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit.
Commenting on the heart condition known as AF, Professor Ng said: "Initial treatment for AF is with medication to control the heart rate or reduce AF episodes using drugs. In many patients, AF fails to be controlled by medication and continues to cause debilitating symptoms.
First heart operations performed using a novel software platform
Professor André Ng, Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Leicester and Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Leicester’s Hospitals carrying out UK’s first heart operations using a novel software platform to pinpoint the source of the heart condition. Credit: University of Leicester
Catheter ablation has been increasingly used in patients with AF over the past decade or so. The procedure involves inserting electrical wires called catheters into the heart to ablate (or 'burn') the abnormal areas in the heart that are causing or sustaining AF. In patients who are in an early phase of the condition, this procedure has been shown to be reasonably effective requiring limited burning in well-defined heart regions (e.g. pulmonary veins).
Source: MExpress, DWN Africa.
: 2016-05-18 13:52:23 | : 1379
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