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The beating heart is a painstakingly assembled account of how the heart has been depicted throughout illustrated and written history. In this impressive work, Professor Robin Choudhury, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford; and Consultant Cardiologist to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, takes us through the imagery and understanding of the heart in art, science, medicine and philosophy. The text is enhanced by plates taken from Ancient Egyptian papyrus through to contemporary graffiti and every imaginable depiction in between. The prose is fast-moving and evocative. Initially felt to be an almost magical vesse

Professor John B Chambers Introduction Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common type of primary heart valve disease in industrialised countries. Although echocardiography is key for its assessment, the need for surgery is most frequently dictated by symptoms.1 However, the history can be surprisingly elusive, and physicians without specialist competencies in valve disease may miss their onset.2 This is important because the risk of death is approximately 1% per annum without symptoms but 4% in the first three months after the onset of symptoms,3 usually before the patient has time to contact their physician (figure 1). It then rises up to 14%

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