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Device therapy - electrophysiology

After certain kinds of heart attacks, the heart muscle is damaged to a degree that makes dangerous electrical problems with the heart a possibility. There are now very effective therapies usually in the form of a type of pacemaker that can protect the heart from such dangers. Our electrophysiology team based at Barts Hospital are experts for assessing and treating electrical diseases of the heart.

Download British Heart Foundation's leaflet on implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).