More Is Not Always More: A Timely Reminder Why Not to Use Too Much Hardware

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Dibbendhu Khanra (Heart and Lung Centre, Department of Electrophysiology and Devices, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust) ;
Gaurav Panchal (Department of Cardiology, The Royal Stoke University Hospital) ;
Rory Dowd (Heart and Lung Centre, Department of Electrophysiology and Devices, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust) ;
Nakul Chandan (Heart and Lung Centre, Department of Electrophysiology and Devices, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust) ;
Sanjiv Petkar (Heart and Lung Centre, Department of Electrophysiology and Devices, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust)

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