News and views
July 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(3) Online First
News from the 17th International Symposium of Atherosclerosis
The latest in lipids medicine was presented at the 17th International Symposium of Atherosclerosis (ISA), which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 23rd–26th May 2015. This triannual meeting of the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) attracted delegates from 78 countries. Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) was very much a hot topic, with the launch at the meeting of FH-CONNECT*, a global initiative aimed at bringing together all stakeholders to improve the care of FH patients. Novel treatments, including the PCSK9 inhibitors and antisense therapies targeting apolipoprotein CIII, were also in the news. ...
July 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(3) Online First
Correspondence: influences on novel oral anticoagulant prescribing – findings of a NICE scholarship project
Correspondence from the world of cardiology...
July 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(3) Online First
Book review
The ESC textbook of preventive cardiology...
June 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:65–6
Hypertension, LVH, echo…and stuff
In this regular series ‘ECGs for the fainthearted’ Dr Heather Wetherell will be interpreting ECGs in a non-threatening and simple way. In this issue, we apply the knowledge gained so far to a situation that may be encountered in general practice....
June 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:63–4
The interview
We continue our series in which Consultant Interventionist Dr Michael Norell takes a sideways look at life in the cath lab…and beyond. In this column, he advises on how to be the perfect candidate....
June 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:68
Correspondence: coenzyme Q10 supplementation for the treatment and prevention of heart failure
Correspondence from the world of cardiology...
May 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:59–60 Online First
News from the European Atherosclerosis Society Congress
Glasgow was the host of the recent 83rd Annual Congress of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), held from 22nd–25th March 2015 and attended by more than 1,500 delegates from across 77 countries. We report its highlights....
April 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(2) Online First
News from ACC.15
As well as the high-tech interventional advances including radial access percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), new antibodies against cholesterol, and coronary angiography for heart disease diagnosis, maybe the most important studies presented at this year's American College of Cardiology (ACC) focused on the considerably low-tech interventions of avoiding sitting for too long, and losing weight to reduce important cardiovascular risk factors. We report from the 64th Annual Scientific Session held in San Diego, California, USA from 14th–16th March 2015....
