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February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:19

Cardiac rehabilitation: we should all be doing it

Correspondence to Cardiac Cardiac rehabilitation: we should all be doing it...

February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:21

In brief

News in brief from the world of cardiology...

February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:22-3

Publish or perish

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 pressures to publish....

February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:46

Book review – Novel techniques for imaging the heart

With advances in cardiac imaging modalities, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of cardiac computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The book is edited by Marcelo Di Carli and Raymond Kwong from Harvard Medical School, US, leading figures in their respective fields....

February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:46

Book review – Making sense of the ECG: cases for self-assessment

A wealth of ECG textbooks exist but this pocketbook tackles ECGs with a remarkably practical approach while still providing essential knowledge. The entire book reads in landscape and each of the 70 cases begins with a two-page spread of a 12-lead ECG or rhythm strip followed by the patient’s history, examination and investigations. The subsequent questions not only relate to what the ECG shows, but to mechanisms, causes and management. Fortunately, questions are limited to four per case so as not to overwhelm the reader....

November 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:269-71

Pericardial fat – a good predictor of future heart disease

Fat around the heart— known as pericardial fat— may be a better predictor of future heart disease than either body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference, a new study suggests....

November 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:269-71

CHD risk is being overestimated in diabetes

The Framingham and UKPDS (United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study) risk equations overestimate the probability of cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes, according to several studies presented at the International Diabetes Federation 2009 meeting held in October in Montreal, Canada. ...

November 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:269-71

New Bluetooth stethoscope available

A new stethoscope – the Littmann 3200 – is now available which is the first to enable Bluetooth transfer of sounds to software for storage and further analysis....

November 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:269-71

Hypothermia improves outcomes after cardiac arrest

Conventional cooling methods can improve survival and reduce neurologic injury after cardiac arrest, a new Cochrane Review reports....

November 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:269-71

BLOSSOM: new weight loss drug on the horizon

A new drug, lorcaserin, showed good weight loss results without the valvular side-effects associated with some other serotonin type agents in the Phase III Blossom (Behavioural Modification and Lorcaserin Second Study for Obesity Management) study, presented at the Obesity 2009 meeting held in October in Washington DC, USA....





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