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Optimised beta blocker therapy in heart failure: is there space for additional heart rate control? Dear Sirs, We undertook a similar audit to Russell et al.1 within the heart failure service of a district general hospital auditing the case notes of 96 patients attending over three months. Applying the SHIFT inclusion and exclusion criteria, we identified only seven patients (6.7%) eligible for ivabradine. Using the SHIFT dataset the number needed to treat to prevent a single hospitalisation due to heart failure was 22.2 Extrapolating our data, over 12 months, we would expect to identify approximately 28 suitable patients. Treating 28 patients

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Founded in 1922, the BCS has developed over the years into a complex organisation that plays a pivotal role in the delivery of cardiovascular health across the UK. There are currently over 2,100 members of the BCS and membership is growing steadily to include the overwhelming majority of UK cardiologists and many other professionals with an interest in cardiovascular medicine. Our members include non-clinical scientists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, technicians and primary care physicians. We have over 300 trainee members and currently offer great value joint membership for BCS with the British Junior Cardiologists’ Association. BCS aims to su

The 2007 Curriculum in Cardiology The 2007 Curriculum in Cardiology builds on the existing curriculum and aims for a competency-based approach to assessment.1 It will be implemented for all new trainees starting at ST3 level from August 2007. Newly enrolled trainees will undertake three years’ core training followed by two years of subspecialty modules (figure 1). The emphasis on some disciplines will change, for example, less emphasis on pacing numbers, and more emphasis on echocardiography experience, more structured training in adult congenital heart disease, and the introduction of new areas of training, e.g. cardiovascular magnetic res

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