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Today I want to update you about something incredibly common, and will likely have touched many of our lives one way or other: coronary artery disease. There’s so much to say it’s hard to know where to start, as there were so many related sessions presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting. Let’s start […]

Life is back to normality now having involved a lot of travel over the last few weeks. The European Society of Cardiology meeting last week has provided so much content it will keep me going for a few weeks at least. Now I’ve had time to organise my thoughts, I think breaking the conference down […]

It’s been a working weekend for me, as I have been lucky enough to attend the European Society of Cardiology meeting in London. It’s possibly the largest cardiology meeting in the world, rotating through a number of major European cities each year. There are 10s of thousands of delegates, hundreds of stands and presentation. It […]

Back to work with a bump on Friday morning having got home shortly before midnight. Do you sometimes feel like you need a holiday to get over a holiday? I’m sure I do! Luckily there’s a bank holiday to look forward to. I opened my inbox of 365 unread emails and sighed.  I would like […]

Week 2 in Sri Lanka, and it’s been a fabulous holiday. The people, food and weather have all been amazing. The only downside was some inadvertent gluten for my daughter who has coeliac disease and the poor thing wasn’t well for a day, but overall finding gluten-free options has been fine. I’m writing this blog […]

Greetings from Sri Lanka! I’m away for 2 weeks, but of course that won’t stop me writing my blog, and indeed filming. Do check out this week’s video on polyphenols – what they are, why they are important, and how you can get more of them. I’m a little hamstrung by the hotel wifi – […]

I’m changing tack a little this week for my blog, on account of a couple of different patients I’ve seen which have highlighted what I think is a really common problem, and indeed misconception in my view. Let me explain. The first is a lady in her 80s who has had atrial fibrillation (AF)  in […]

What a beautiful weekend! Shame I’ve been on-call all week and it’s been very busy. At the end of on-call weeks I often like to write my blog on an interesting case I’ve seen, and try to tease out any learning points that are of value to the public. Today is no exception, but there […]

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I would say the context I get asked about the menopause most is with regard to symptoms of palpitations, followed by the risk of heart attacks around this time in a woman’s life. More and more women are seeking advice and guidance about these topics as general public awareness grows.  As a 46 year old […]

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I have been thinking of writing and videoing about women and the heart for a little while, and a patient I saw this week has prompted me to do so today. She had symptoms that were not necessarily typical for a heart problem and had struggled to get a diagnosis, but when we ran some […]

You will notice that I have a number of videos on cholesterol on my website, which is one of the commonest topics I get asked about. These days though, we have moved well beyond standard cholesterol panels. I discuss such things as Apolipoproteins and Lipoprotein (a) -Lp(a) for short- in those videos, but in brief […]

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