A New Cardiac Pacemaker
Trialing a device that could cure heart failure
Heart failure is a progressive disease, and it has no cure. Current treatments are only able to slow its development. But researchers at Manaaki Mānawa have developed a new form of cardiac pacemaker, which is now ready for clinical trials. Your generous support can help us start testing this device on patients who need it, and see if these lifesaving results can transform the way we treat heart failure globally.
“It looks as if it’s actually reversing heart failure, which would be the first ever medication or therapy that does. We have an opportunity as a nation to do something different to anything that’s ever been seen before.”
Links to Articles
Here are some articles that our researchers are involved in
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability
By J. Shanks, Y. Abukar, N. A. Lever, M. Pachen, I. J. LeGrice, D. J. Crossman, A. Nogaret, J. F. R. Paton & R. Ramchandra
Smart pacemaker adjusts your heartbeat with your breathing
Link to The Conversation
The Use of Pacemaker Impedance Data for Breath-by-Breath Respiration Sensing
K. Ghafouri, J. Paton, K. Coley, M. White, V. Day, A. Wilson, A. Hussein, A. Wilson, L. Walker, L. Simms, G. Mackin, K. Timmins, M. Stiles