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Nottingham’s world-renowned expertise in Magnetic Resonance Imaging was drawn on to plan a novel open chest cardiac procedure to treat a patient’s serious heart rhythm disorder - the first of its kind in Nottingham’s hospitals and in the East Midlands region.

The cardiac MRI team at Nottingham City Hospital worked hard to establish an advanced imaging protocol, which improves visualisation of scar tissue in the heart compared to historic protocols. Before the patient underwent his hybrid surgical ablation procedure, the team performed an MRI scan, which located the patient’s cardiac scar and helped guide the surgical team in planning the procedure.

The procedure was conducted by Consultant Cardiologist Dr Shahnaz Jamil-Copley, who is one of Nottingham University Hospitals’ prestigious national ‘CARP’ (Clinical Academic Research Partnership) Awards winners. She is also utilising MRI in other research projects. For more details on the open chest cardiac surgery story, see this news story on the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust website.