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As a specialist heart and lung hospital, we made a number of changes across our private and NHS services to ensure we could support the NHS response to the COVID-19 pandemic and keep all our patients safe.
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Category: Heart
يعد الرجفان الأذيني أحد أنواع اضطراب نظم القلب الأكثر شيوعا، حيث يؤثر على أكثر من 33 مليون شخص حول العالم.
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Category: Heart
A ground-breaking new technology is now available at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Specialist Care, which can fracture problematic calcium in the walls of coronary arteries, enabling optimal stent expansion and improved blood flow to the heart.
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) can…
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Category: Lung
An innovative, safe and minimally invasive lung cancer diagnostic tool is now available at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Specialist Care, and offers new hope to patients at high-risk of complications associated with the current gold standard.
Early lung cancer diagnosis poses a…
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As the UK's largest heart and lung centre, we attract some of the most talented consultants from all over the world. Below are some of the newest members of our team.
Dr Emmanuel Ako
Consultant cardiologist
Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr Emmanuel Ako has special expertise in general medicine and…
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Category: Heart
Consultant cardiac surgeon Mr Shahzad Raja is internationally renowned for his expertise in performing coronary artery bypass surgery whilst a patient’s heart is still beating. This complex technique requires great precision and skill to get right but can significantly improve outcomes for high-…
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Category: News
Pulmonary rehabilitation team celebrate national first
The pulmonary rehabilitation team at Harefield Hospital has become the first service in the country to receive full accreditation in a scheme run by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in association with the British Lung Foundation and the…
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A step closer to personalised medicine for severe asthma
An international study looking at personalised medicine for patients with severe asthma has been awarded £2.3 million from the Medical Research Council.
The PRISM study (Precision Intervention in Severe asthma) aims to introduce…
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Category: News | Heart
Chest deformities are a relatively rare problem for young teens but can greatly affect their self-esteem and might lead to difficulties in the functioning of their heart and lungs. Fortunately, minimally invasive techniques are available at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Specialist Care…
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اذا كنت مقيما في مصر، اضغط هنا لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية (If you are based in Egypt click here to read the article in Arabic)
The most common form of heart rhythm abnormality is atrial fibrillation (AF), affecting over 33 million people globally. Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition…
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