A framework for same-day discharge following elective transcatheter cardiovascular interventions
By Dr Florence Mouy Edited by Dr Ahmed El-Medany Early hospital discharge following transcatheter cardiovascular interventions (TCI) is becoming increasingly common, through a combination of procedural…
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Heart failure and frailty phenotypes – A lesson from percutaneous mitral valve repair
By Dr Florence MouyEdited by Dr Ahmed El-Medany A significant proportion of patients with heart failure are physically frail and these 2 conditions share similar…
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TOMAHAWK trial – clinical outcomes from 1-year follow-up
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Ahmed El-Medany The TOMAHAWK Investigators, led by Dr Steffen Desch, have described clinical outcomes at 1 year for individuals…
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Overdiagnosis: a problem with complex solutions?
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockSenior Editor: Dr Saadia Aslam Healthcare systems around the world are in crisis, with increased demand, high burden of chronic disease, escalating…
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Government announces defibrillators in all state funded schools
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Ahmed El-Medany This week, in a press release, the government announced that every state funded school in England has…
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Routine postoperative troponin monitoring… should we?
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Saadia Aslam Perioperative myocardial infarction is associated with increased mortality. The 2022 ESC guidelines have made a class I…
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Revisiting the role of aspirin in primary prevention: there isn’t one
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Ahmed El-Medany The role of aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease has been explored previously, with resultant NICE…
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Association of private equity ownership on healthcare outcomes and costs
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Ahmed El-Medany A fascinating study in the BMJ has begun to unpick and explore the role of private equity…
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Device extraction as standard of care for device related endocarditis
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Saadia Aslam The European-Endocarditis registry (Euro-Endo) presents current diagnostic and management practices for infective endocarditis (IE) and associated outcomes…
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The role of self-administered intranasal etripamil in the management of SVT: the RAPID trial
By Dr Jonathan ShurlockEdited by Dr Saadia Aslam Etripamil is a rapid-acting, intranasally administered calcium channel blocker. Previously, the NODE-301 study found it to be…
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