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We are delighted to announce that Dr Sarah Birkhoelzer is joining the British Journal of Cardiology editorial board representing Women in Cardiology....

The 38th Annual Medical and Scientific Conference hosted by HEART UK delivered a comprehensive programme on cardiovascular prevention across the life course. Held in the University of Warwick from 8th–10th July, sessions spanned future cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategies, cholesterol and brain health, while also offering fresh insights into obesity and inflammation as key drivers of cardiometabolic disease. Dr Andreas Tridimas reports its highlights....

This year’s British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Annual Conference – held in Manchester 2nd–4th June 2025 – focused on the risks in cardiology that affect patients, professionals, and society. Leading experts from around the world shared their insights into this important topic. George Cocks and Sarah Birkhoelzer report the conference highlights....

Dear Sirs, We read with interest the narrative review by Wahab and colleagues.1 Target populations to whom systematic or opportunistic atrial fibrillation (AF) screening should be offered are discussed and remain of debate. We would like to bring to attention AF in a specific clinical situation....

Author: Robin Choudhury Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (Apollo imprint), London 2024 ISBN: 9781837931743 Price: £35 (hardback), £24.50 ebook...

It is with great sadness that we mark the recent passing of Professor Douglas Chamberlain- one of the ‘greats’ of cardiology. Much of his career was spent as Consultant cardiologist at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. Douglas was a pioneering authority on thrombolysis and early defibrillation for out of hospital resuscitation of cardiac arrest. The College of Paramedics recently described him as “a mentor and true visionary-the grandfather of paramedicine". While a cardiologist colleague portrayed him as “delightful, clever, funny, an excellent physician and researcher. He terrified me at the BCS (British Cardiovascular Society). He appeared to be asleep in the front row and when one had finished, he would awake and deliver the penetrating question that you had not prepared for”....

The recent British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) 27th hybrid annual meeting highlighted the importance of building partnerships with collaborating societies and how this is vital to prioritising patient care and advancing the goal of 25in25, the BSH campaign to reduce heart failure mortality by 25% over the next 25 years. Held in London on 21st – 22nd November 2024, the meeting brought together over 700 members of heart failure teams from all nations to listen and learn from esteemed experts. Anna Briggs, Louise Collier, Edith Donnelly, Becky Hyland, Hayley Rose, and Teresa O’Nwere-Tan from the BSH Nurse Forum Author Board report the meeting highlights....

We are pleased to announce that the BJC is in partnership with Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), we have a new forthcoming series on sports cardiology, and a statement from The British Heart Valve Society....

Dear Sirs, We read with interest the cross-sectional study by Kazemi et al. exploring the cardiovascular phenotypes of 690 hospitalised COVID-19 patients in a tertiary centre in Iran. The authors found the prevalence of new-onset hypertension (as defined by a systolic blood pressure [BP] ≥130 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥80 mmHg) was 10%.1 Longer-term follow up of these patients and documentation of electrolyte dysfunction are lacking and, with due respect, are limitations of their work....

We report from the 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiorenal Forum held in London on 4th October 2024, which served as a dynamic platform for experts in cardiology, diabetes, and renal medicine to converge and exchange the latest insights on managing heart and kidney failure. The meeting centred on the intricate relationship between cardiac and renal health, with sessions aimed at bridging gaps between specialties to improve patient outcomes in cardiorenal syndromes. Drs Kaushika Rautray and Sarah Birkhoelzer share some of the meeting highlights....