By Dr Jonathan Shurlock The British Heart Foundation is integral to the activities of the BCS and offers multiple avenues of support, including direct funding…
View More BCS Centenary highlight – The BHF Data Science Centre: enabling cardiovascular health data science at scale
By Dr Jonathan Shurlock The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a medical research study initiated in 1999, including 6,000 participants, and set up to…
View More Marijuana use linked with increased risk of cardiac arrhythmia
By Dr. Jonathan Shurlock A new virtual ward for patients awaiting cardiac surgery is due to begin across London. Co-ordinated by Dr Debashish Das (Consultant…
View More Innovative virtual cardiac ward roll out imminent!
By Dr Aswin Babu Dr Dawn Adamson delivered one of the most exhilarating talks at this year’s BCS conference. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in pregnancy…
View More BCS Conference 2022: ACS in Pregnancy – “Do what you would do for a man”
By Dr. Jonathan Shurlock On the second day of the BCS centenary conference, the cardiac society of Australia and New Zealand presented a series of…
View More BCS Centenary Spotlight on: Cardiac society of Australia and New Zealand
By Dr. Jonathan Shurlock On the first day of the BCS centenary conference, The BJCA team hosted a session focussing on the trainee experience, chaired…
View More British Junior Cardiologists Association 2022 trainee survey results announced at the BCS conference
By Dr. Jonathan Shurlock The Michael Davies award is run annually to recognise researchers (both clinical and non-clinical) who have begun to establish an independent…
View More Dr Thomas Treibel wins the Michael Davies early career award
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, patron of the BCS for its centenary year, attended the centenary annual conference at Manchester Central Conference Centre on…
View More Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits the BCS centenary annual conference in Manchester
By Dr. Oliver Jones Key points: Fabry disease is characterised by increased risk of cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death,…
View More BCS Conference 2022 Highlights: A novel risk prediction model for cardiac outcomes in Fabry disease
By Dr. Oliver Jones Key Points: AF is a major risk factor for embolic stroke, but CHA2DS2VASc performs only modestly as a predictor of stroke…
View More BCS Conference 2022 Highlights: Improving embolic stroke risk prediction by left atrial 4D flow