Getting the balance right: personalising pacemaker programming to improve the heart’s power output

In progress

19/05/2022

Yorkshire and the Humber

Device

Awarded amount: £217,107

Grant scheme: NET

Institution: University of Leeds

Principle Investigator: Dr John Gierula

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People with heart failure are sometimes fitted with pacemakers to regulate their heart rhythm.

However, even with a pacemaker, people often experience breathlessness and fatigue during physical activity.

This project aims to develop a cost-effective technique for measuring the best programming for pacemakers that will make exercise easier for people.

This has the potential to significantly improve quality of life for these people and allow them to carry out more activity in their day to day lives.