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Wednesday 20th January 2016

Checking for bad blood vessels in prisons

Checking for bad blood vessels in prisons
Description:
A new health initiative in south London prisons is checking men for life-threatening swellings in the blood vessel running from their hearts.
Date:
Wednesday 20th January 2016
Monday 7th December 2015

Parachuting in a new treatment to help heart failure patients

Parachuting in a new treatment to help heart failure patients
Description:
Patients with life-threatening heart failure have been given a lifeline thanks to an implant being offered by a pioneering NHS heart service.
Date:
Monday 7th December 2015
Friday 6th November 2015

Pioneering new heart procedure to stop strokes

Pioneering new heart procedure to stop strokes
Description:
A pioneering new treatment to prevent strokes is being trialled at Guy's and St Thomas'. The Trust is one of only 10 national centres chosen by the NHS to pioneer a new heart treatment - left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) - to help to prevent strokes.
Date:
Friday 6th November 2015
Monday 19th October 2015

Grateful patient plays key role in cardiovascular research

Grateful patient plays key role in cardiovascular research
Description:
A stroke patient is helping to shape exciting cardiovascular research to improve the quality of care and new treatments for diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
Date:
Monday 19th October 2015
Friday 28th August 2015

Leading heart specialists gather for major cardiology conference

Leading heart specialists gather for major cardiology conference
Description:
Heart experts from Guy's and St Thomas' are set to meet with colleagues from all over the world to discuss the latest developments in heart-related healthcare at a major international conference.
Date:
Friday 28th August 2015
Tuesday 11th August 2015

UK first heart op saves London's Strongest Man

UK first heart op saves London's Strongest Man
Description:
Pioneering surgeons have performed an aortic heart valve replacement without splitting the breastbone for the first time in the UK – saving the career of London's Strongest Man.
Date:
Tuesday 11th August 2015
Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Eddie Echo book launch

Eddie Echo book launch
Description:
Patients and staff joined a life-size Eddie Echo to celebrate the launch of Eddie Echo and me at Evelina London.The book helps children at Evelina London Children's Hospital prepare for heart surgery.
Date:
Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Friday 13th February 2015

Love your heart this Valentine's Day

Love your heart this Valentine's Day
Description:
Many people will be concerned with matters of the heart on Valentine's Day. Watch our short video about what we can all do to keep our hearts healthy and minimise the risk of heart disease.
Date:
Friday 13th February 2015
Wednesday 10th September 2014

Routine scan saves Colin's life

Routine scan saves Colin's life
Description:
A great-grandfather's life was saved by a routine bowel scan when a surgeon spotted a balloon-sized bulge near his heart that was ready to burst.
Date:
Wednesday 10th September 2014
Friday 21st March 2014

£10 million for research to improve ultrasound of unborn babies

£10 million for research to improve ultrasound of unborn babies
Description:
Professor Reza Razavi, a children's heart doctor at Evelina London, and colleagues at King's College London have been awarded £10 million funding to develop advanced imaging technology to more accurately diagnose birth defects in unborn babies.
Date:
Friday 21st March 2014
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