Nocturnal increase in blood pressure associated with increased mortality in diabetics
By Ahmed El-Medany Presented by Dr. Chiriacò at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions, a prospective study including 349 diabetic participants assessed the long-term…
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Clinical Validation and Evaluation of the novel six lead handheld ECG recorder compared to the 12 lead ECG in unselected cardiology patients (EVALECG Cardio)
By M Azram et al Taken directly from European Heart Journal – Digital Health There is a lack of studies validating the use of handheld devices…
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Application of artificial intelligence to the electrocardiogram
By ZI Attia et al Taken directly from the European Heart Journal Artificial intelligence (AI) has given the electrocardiogram (ECG) and clinicians reading them super-human diagnostic…
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Early CTCA in patients with suspected ACS: RCT – results
By AJ Gray et alTaken directly from BMJ In intermediate risk patients with acute chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndrome, early CT coronary angiography…
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Coronary Artery Disease in Young Women After Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: Results from the WECARE Study
By LE Carlson et al. Taken directly from JACC Radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer increases risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Women treated for left-…
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A coffee a day keeps the doctor away?
By Ahmed El-Medany Presented at ESC 2021 by Dr. Judit Simon, of the Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; this large study included…
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Defibrillator drones? A potential method of reducing response time in OHCA
By Ahmed El-Medany A prospective pilot study by Schierbeck et al (2021), presented at ESC 2021, investigated the practicality of drone-delivered automatic external defibrillators (AEDs)…
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Polypill beats monotherapy for hypertension: results from the QUARTET stud
By Ahmed El-Medany Treatment with a ‘quadpill’ containing quarter doses of four antihypertensive drugs demonstrated better blood pressure control than initial monotherapy with full-dose irbesartan,…
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RCP release statement on COVID-19 vaccination for the severely immunosuppressed
On the 13th of September the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) released a statement regarding vaccination in the severely immunocompromised, in response to the Joint…
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Inequalities in Health Alliance calls on Prime Minister to reduce health inequalities.
92 senior representatives of the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) have written to the Prime Minister calling for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities. The letter…
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