BBC News | Heart failure implant operation trialled in UK BBC News A pioneering operation in Leicester to fit a nerve-stimulating implant in a patient with heart failure is due to finish around midday. Similar to a pacemaker, it is fitted to the vagus nerve, part of the nervous system running between the heart and ... First patient to receive pioneering implant for heart failure Implant for heart failure is trialled GADGET THAT COULD SAVE MILLIONS FROM HEART FAILURE |