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There was good news about the safety of a COX2 inhibitor, reduced bleeding with an oral anticoagulant and atheroma regression with a PCSK9 inhibitor at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2016, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, from 12th–16th November 2016. We report on highlights from a few of the late-breaking clinical trials presented at the meeting, here and in our podcast online at www.bjcardio.co.uk/podcasts/...

‘Cholesterol – the evolving story’ was the theme of this year’s HEART UK conference, covering primary and secondary care, patients and industry. The event was held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre from 6th–8th July 2016. General Practice Nurse Jaqui Walker reports some of its highlights....

New AED launched...

With help from Dr Jubin Joseph, President, British Junior Cardiologists Association (BJCA), we are very pleased to have invited a panel of junior cardiologists to work closely with us on the Journal. They will advise us on current and future developments in training and also with reviewing papers, books and advising on the ‘movers and shakers’ in the cardiology world....

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Watch our podcast from the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, which highlights some of the key studies presented there with an interpretation by experts who give us their practice messages....

With so much going on in the field of anticoagulation, our round-up of news in this area from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, which took place in Rome, Italy, from 27th–31st August 2016, will ensure you keep up-to-date....

We round up the latest news in pulmonary hypertension (PH) from recent congresses. Dr Logan Thirugnanasothy (Clinical Research Fellow, Newcastle Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle) reports from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress, held in London from 3rd– 7th September 2016 while we report PH highlights from the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, held in Rome, Italy, from 28th – 31st August 2016. ...

This year’s European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress took place in Rome, Italy, from 27th–31st August 2016 and attracted over 33,000 delegates from across the globe, including His Holiness Pope Francis. Here we present some of the highlights from this key event in the cardiology calendar....

Portable device for pacemaker and ICD patients ...