US FDA approves Medtronic's system for heart condition
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The system, PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA), is used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition that is characterized by an irregular rhythm of the heart.
PFA is used for ablation procedures that treat AF using small burns or freezes to cause some scarring on the inside of the heart to help break up the electrical signals that cause irregular heartbeats.
Sonographers conduct ultrasound scans which are essential to pregnancy care and are also used in the diagnosis of cancer.
Pregnant women are offered a scan when their baby is 12 weeks old and again when the baby is 20 weeks.…
Almost 1,000 participants have been recruited into a liver disease study in less than a year using real-world NHS data. It uses software to identify and stratify individuals using historic blood test data held in NHS systems.
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