Industry News: ‘Backup’ pacemaker discovery in goats could have important implications for human hearts
The heart has a ‘natural backup pacemaker’ that can kick into action if the primary way the organ generates electrical signals fails
08 Mar 2021
Researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a backup natural pacemaker, which is able to generate a pulse and control the heart rate.
The British Heart Foundation funded study ‘completely changes our understanding’ of the heart’s anatomy and has important implications on the work of cardiologists and heart surgeons.
As part of the study, published in Frontiers in Physiology, University scientists carried out research involving 15 goats.