Heart of Harefield : The Story of the Hospital

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The flaps open up to allow blood to enter into the artery, which then close to prevent regurgitation. However, the valve may wear out or become caked in calcium deposits rendering it inefficient. The ancient Manor of Harefield was held by the Newdigate family from about 1440. The old Manor house, Harefield Place, adjacent to St Mary the Virgin church, was replaced in 1786, when a new mansion house was built at Harefield Lodge. The old 'Harefield Place' fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1813, whereupon the new Manor house became known as Harefield Place. It was sold by Charles Newdigate Newdegate in 1877. In 1938 it was acquired by the local authority to serve as a hospital. In 1959 the land was redeveloped and is now the Harefield Place Golf Club. Lieutenant-General Gerald Goodlake VC (1832–1890), who served with the Coldstream Guards in the Crimean War, is buried in St Mary's parish churchyard. Neolithic remains have been found in the parish, as well as fossils in the chalk. Notwith­standing the ‘hare of Harefield’ shown in the picture above, the settle­ment’s name probably derives from the Old English words here (army) and feld (open space; field). The name may thus allude to an encamp­ment by a Viking army during the Danish invasions of the 10th and early 11th centuries. Since 2002, I have found myself focusing on minimally invasive surgery. During this time, I pioneered and developed several new techniques including minimally invasive coronary artery bypass, mitral tricuspid valve repair, aortic valve replacement and endoscopic surgery for atrial fibrillation.

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She was one of the thousands of people who showed up in Central London to protest ULEZ’s expansion, attending marches on three separate occasions. However, she said she knew, even at the time, that it was unlikely to change the Mayor’s mind.Recently, I added another minimally invasive procedure – radiofrequency ablation, which uses radiofrequency energy to destroy a small area of heart tissue that is causing rapid and irregular heartbeats and restores your heart's regular rhythm – without having to open the chest.

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St Mary's Parish Church (off Church Hill) is Harefield's oldest building and an important focal point for the Harefield community. A priest is first mentioned in the manor of Harefield in the Domesday Book (1086). In the late 12th century the advowson was given to the Knights Hospitallers, although the Newdigate family later became patrons of the church. The church building has some medieval features, but was restored and altered in 1768, and again in 1841. [7] Traditionally, mechanical valves have been used to replace worn out aortic valves – but, of course, this is invasive surgery and patients will need to take warfarin for the rest of their lives. New technologies such as the Inspiris Resilia valve are also providing great results for patients. The indications are that it will last longer than other animal tissue valves, which – although have advantages over mechanical valves – need to be replaced every eight to ten years. The heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body. Symptoms resulting include chest pains, breathlessness and fainting – if untreated, it could lead to heart failure and death. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery – a success story for the NHS | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals Kim Banner, another of We Love Coffee’s customers, lives just outside the zone and says she is currently playing a cat-and-mouse game with cameras. She told Local Democracy Reporting services there is currently a vandalised ULEZ camera near where she lives but wouldn’t give the location because she ‘doesn’t want to flag it’ in case it is repaired.Other cardiothoracic surgical centres in UK have started performing minimally invasive cardiac surgery over the last five years, usually either mitral or aortic valve surgery. Harefield is home to Harefield United Football Club, which was founded in 1868 and is the oldest in Middlesex. [9] Sir Michael Shersby, MP for Uxbridge from 1972 to 1997, is buried in the churchyard along with his widow Lady Barbara.

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Russell Grant (born 1951), TV astrologer, grew up in Harefield and was head chorister at St Mary's parish church None of the people LDRS spoke to said they had been directly impacted with most having compliant cars or opting to take public transport. Senior nurse Diogo Gomes commutes from High Wycombe to the hospital but says his car was already ULEZ compliant.The construc­tion of the Grand Junction (now Grand Union) Canal on the western side of the parish at the end of the 18th century changed the character of this part of Harefield. During the First World War a hospital was estab­lished at the mansion latterly known as Harefield Park for the treatment of injured Australians and New Zealan­ders. Many of those who died at the hospital are buried in the church­yard of St Mary’s Harefield, where they are commem­o­rated by a memorial arch and a granite obelisk. Warfarin and other similar medications can be problematic for patients. For example, if they need further surgery, they will require infusions of other medications to counter the thinning effects of the drug. Generally, in terms of considering patients for minimally invasive surgery, I don’t just think of it in terms of age, but of overall fitness, suitability for the procedure and, of course, people’s wishes. But you don’t have to be young – I operate on patients in their 80s and 90s – the results are usually very good. Beating heart surgery It continued: "As tribute to them I would like to get as many of their friends, family, co workers or just people that wants to show support together as possible to release lit balloons (I will be providing these) from what is known as “THE GREEN” in Harefield village.