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www.bjcardio.co.uk/learning Editors: Mulcahy D, Purcell H Publisher: Medinews Cardiology Limited, London, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9573701-0-4...

News in brief from the world of cardiology...

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 considers the introduction of checklists....

Hypertension Editors: Bakris G, Baliga RR Publisher: Oxford University Press USA, USA, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-19-975490-8 Price: £22.50...

The 15th Annual Autumn Meeting of the British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) entitled 'Heart failure, a multidisciplinary approach', was held on 29th–30th November 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. Over 500 delegates attended the meeting, which was introduced by BSH Chair Dr Suzanna Hardman. Colin Cunnington reports on some of the highlights....

Three abstracts of outstanding quality were presented for the Young Investigators' Award at the British Society of Heart Failure's 15th Annual Autumn Meeting....

Highlights of the American Heart Association 2012 meeting held on 3rd - 7th November 2012 in Los Angeles, USA, included a win for surgery in people with diabetes and multi-vessel disease, and intriguing results for colchicine and chelation therapy....

This year's 7th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiorenal Forum looked at diabetes and other co-morbidities in relation to cardiorenal disease. The meeting was held at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, October 5th 2012, and endorsed by the Renal Association and the British Society for Heart Failure. Michael Pope and Hugh McIntyre report on its highlights....

Highlights of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2012 Congress held in Munich, Germany on August 25th–29th included the first ever randomised trial addressing the treatment of patients on anticoagulants who receive a stent, and lots more data on the new percutaneous alternatives to valve surgery – TAVI and MitraClip. More from the congress is featured in our podcast at www.bjcardio.co.uk...

This year's Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC 2012), held in Birmingham from 23rd-26th September, was the largest to date showing the growing interest in this specialty. Drs Janet McComb, André Ng, Henry Purcell, and Andreas Wolff report their highlights from the meeting....