Month: December 2018

Heart Failure Image

For many years we have felt that imagery used to describe people with symptomatic heart failure is not always representative of the condition and sometimes portrays the patient in a poor light. So we got together with Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan from Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Colin Cunnington Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal […]

December 21, 2018

Mitraclip gets the go ahead from NICE

An important step forward in therapy for people with mitral regurgitation NICE press release 6th December 2018 Starts An innovative minimally invasive procedure to repair a heart valve has been approved for use in the NHS for patients who would otherwise be unable to have conventional open heart surgery. Until now the only option for […]

December 6, 2018