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The interest in the increasing overlap between cardiac and renal disease was shown by a well-attended meeting, ‘The failing heart and kidney’, organised by the Cardiorenal Forum. Over 100 nephrology and cardiology consultants/trainees, specialist nurses and other health personnel with a special interest in this field attended the meeting at the British Academy, London, on 11 July 2008....

News in brief from the world of cardiology...

News in brief from the world of cardiology...

News in brief from the world of cardiology...

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 team building....

This year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes meeting took place in Rome, Italy. Rhonda Siddall reports on the highlights of the meeting, which included interesting results in diabetic retinopathy and a 10-year follow-up to UKPDS....

Highlights of the European Society of Cardiology meeting held in Munich, Germany, August 30th – September 3rd 2008 showed further benefit for fish oils, this time in heart failure and the first outcome study with the new sinus node inhibitor, ivabradine. There were more equivocal findings for drug-eluting stents, however, and also for statins in heart failure and aortic stenosis....

There was a buzz about this year’s H·E·A·R·T UK – The Cholesterol Charity’s annual conference. An impressive array of speakers, plus the pertinent theme, Beyond Risk Assessment: Non Invasive Assessment of Atherosclerosis, meant that each lecture attracted enthusiastic audiences....

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 personal health records....