News and views
August 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:160
Book reviews
Manual of perioperative care in adult cardiac surgery, 5th edition Author: Bojar, RM Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4443-3143-1 Price: £42.99...
August 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:161–162
British Cardiovascular Society: Annual Conference 2011 and education plans for 2011-2012
In this sixth article from the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS), Dr Sarah Clarke, BCS Vice-President Education & Research, writes about this year’s Annual Conference and plans for the year ahead. The British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) and its Affiliated Groups (AGs) are uniquely placed to coordinate and deliver high quality education for cardiology trainees, trained cardiologists and allied professionals. It provides education through a variety of sources....
August 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:164–66
The Oblique View – Watch your language!
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 Latin....
June 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:105–8
News from the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session 2011
Highlights of the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting, held in New Orleans, USA, on 2nd – 5th April 2011, included the promise of new, less invasive methods that might be an alternative to both aortic and mitral valve surgery. Long-term results from the STICH trial also suggest that CABG may have a role for patients with heart failure and ischaemic heart disease. ...
June 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:113–14 Meeting report
Heart failure: what’s new? The 2011 BSH medical training meeting
The latest evidence in heart failure was presented at the 3rd Annual British Society of Heart Failure (BSH) medical training meeting, which took place in London, recently. Combining informative lectures from prominent figures in the field, together with interactive case presentations, the meeting was a resounding success, writes Dr Vikram Khanna....
June 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:115–116
Physician heal thyself? Not on your nelly
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 diets....
June 2011
British Cardiovascular Society: plans for 2011
In this fifth article from the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS), Professor Keith Fox, BCS President, looks to the future of a changing healthcare environment....
June 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:118
Valve disease: the forgotten epidemic
A report from the first training day of the British Heart Valve Society, held recently at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. ...
