Cardiac Crossroads has been produced by the British Junior Cardiologists’ Association (BJCA) in collaboration with the British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS) and the British Society…
View More BJCA Cardiac Crossroads Seminar 1: Hot topics in Arrhythmia management and Heart Failure
By Ahmed El-Medany A study by Schrage et al assessed 12,164 individuals from 3 European population-based cohorts. Absolute iron deficiency was defined as a ferritin…
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By Ahmed El-Medany The 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (HF) were published on the 27th of…
View More New 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heart failure published
overall, the results looked great. Hopefully, over the course of the next 12 months, we will finish recruitment for the final phase of the study to further confirm the primary safety and efficacy endpoints that we saw with the….
View More Novel pacing system improves clinical response in heart failure patients un-responsive to, or unsuitable for, cardiac resynchronisation therapy
The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship and evidence of an association between increased adiposity and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events or mortality.
View More Impact of adiposity on cardiovascular outcomes: an umbrella review and meta-analysis provides updated insights
By Sean Zheng Key messages Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) is a common cause of hospitalisation, impaired quality of life, restricted functional capacity,…
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By Syed Ghias Take Home Messages Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are a novel class of oral hypoglycaemic medications which have been shown to be effective…
View More Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors – new frontier in the treatment of heart failure
By Ahmed El-Medany Presented by: Dr Fozia Ahmed, Consultant Cardiologist, Manchester Heart Centre The Digital Innovation in Cardiology session at BCS 2021 was a fascinating…
View More Digital solutions to identify worsening heart failure: TRIAGEHF PLUS
By Ahmed El-Medany Elevated baseline high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T was associated with increased risk for CV death and heart failure (HF) hospitalisation in patients from…
View More In VICTORIA, elevated baseline troponin associated with cardiovascular mortality and heart failure hospitilisationSummary taken directly from the American College of CardiologyWritten by: Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC Quick Takes Transseptal MViV in selected patients at high surgical risk…
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