At a reception to celebrate the centenary of the British Cardiovascular Society, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal presented the Society’s highest honour, the Mackenzie…
View More Professor Jane Somerville receives the BCS Mackenzie Medal from HRH The Princess Royal
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock A recent research briefing in Nature has described a ‘wearable ultrasonic device’, around the size of a postage stamp. The authors…
View More A wearable cardiac ultrasound patch for continuous and active monitoring
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock, edited by Dr. Ahmed El-Medany Primary aldosteronism (PA) is estimated to be the driver of hypertension in 5-10% of cases, resulting…
View More A new role for PET-CT in primary hyperaldosteronism driven hypertension
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock Recurrence of arrhythmia and symptom severity are important patient centred outcomes for individuals with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). A research group…
View More ACTIVE-AF – exercise and its role in AF symptom burden
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock Localised device pocket infections are a well reported complication of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation, with associated increased morbidity. Current…
View More Evidence for a new approach to device pocket infections
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock NFL player Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during a live game in a televised moment that…
View More A spotlight on out of hospital cardiac arrest
By Dr. Aswin Babu Previous observational studies have signalled towards a benefit for pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) in treating pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). However, to…
View More Pulmonary artery denervation shows promise in treating Group 1 Pulmonary Artery Hypertension – The PADN-CFDA trial
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock and Dr Tim Swinn Highlights from the “Career in Cardiology” chaired by Dr Kalpa da Silva and Dr Fu Siong Ng,…
View More A Career in Cardiology: A Toolkit for Success
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock A BCS editorial has recently been published, focussing on women in cardiology. The two authors Dr Khadija Amanullah and Raheel Ahmed…
View More Women in Cardiology: A BCS Update
By Megha Agarwal A recent French nationwide cohort study identified 1,486,877 patients who were hospitalised for heart failure during 2013 and 2018. Of these, 70,075…
View More The rising incidence of heart failure in the young – a worrying trend