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New pocket-sized visualisation tool This new pocket-sized visualisation tool provides ultrasound technology at the point-of-care. Similar in size to a mobile phone and weighing less than one pound, it can give high quality colour images enabling physicians to take a quick look inside the body and detect disease earlier. Vscan™ is marketed by GE Healthcare and has received the CE Mark by the European Union. Heart failure report published A comprehensive review of the quality of heart failure care in England Bridging the quality gap: heart failure, has been published by The Health Foundation. It highlights that prevention is key to imp

In patients in whom the heart rate drops dramatically before the fainting episode, traditional pacemakers are well established as a good form of therapy. But most patients with recurrent syncope do not experience any clear fall in heart rate ahead of a fainting episode. The new Biotronik Cylos 990 pacemaker, may help these patients by detecting early changes in the body’s control systems ahead of a fainting episode and then working to prevent the fainting episode. The pacemaker also contains a chip enabling remote follow-up of the patient at home.  “This way of supporting pacemaker patients in their everyday lives is the future of cardia

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