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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

First UK patient fitted with pen lid-size sensor to give heart failure alert

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A heart failure patient has become the first in the UK to be fitted with an early warning sensor the size of a pen lid which gives off an alert if their condition deteriorates.

Consultant cardiologists Dr Andrew Flett and Dr Peter Cowburn have pioneered the procedure to fit the FIRE1 System during trials at University Hospital Southampton (UHS), Hampshire.

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