The rise in admissions with #COVID19 does not mean that you shouldn’t attend hospital if you have a medical emergency #heartattack

another COVID drug fails to benefit patients "Tocilizumab was not effective for preventing intubation or death in moderately ill hospitalized patients with Covid-19" Arvind Rajasekaran @anxiousmac HoJan Senya Steven Shanu R&D SWBH NHS TRUST nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

About aspirin for primary cardiovascular prevention. (I like this quote: "The best strategy for the use of aspirin in primary prevention may simply be to prescribe a statin instead." P. Ridker, NEJM 2018)

Is aspirin useful if you have coronary calcification? a high CAC score has net benefit from primary prevention aspirin therapy but only in the setting of lower bleeding risk & higher cardiovascular risk scores. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

More challenging times for ticagrelor in ACS? tctmd.com/news/superiori…

RIP the legend that was #SeanConnery . The best #JamesBond in my opinion bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Honoured to have known you. Thank you for all you taught me about PCI & for the funny memories in & outside the lab! Tony Gershlick #legend #RIP 🙏🏽

Deepest condolences to all UHL Renal Respiratory Cardiovascular Leicester Clinical Trials Unit Leicester's Hospitals at the loss of Prof Gershlick. A true inspiration & mentor to all who knew him. 🙏🏽

There will be a minute of silence on Monday November 23rd at 11 AM UK time to honor Professor and Interventional Cardiologist Tony Gershlick who died at 69 today of COVID-19 🙏 You will remain in the hearts of your patients and colleagues and our thoughts are with your family

He gave everyone time and respect and this is why the world of IC mourns. This I hope will be his true legacy. Echoing Andrew Ladwiniec, it was a privilege to have known and worked with him. I will miss you Tony. RIP Please join us for a minutes silence on Monday 23rd 11am .

So sad to see this Tribute @ Glenfield Hospital , Prof rest in peace & good bye ! Your legacy will prevail : by many interventionist u trained !🙏 Tony Gershlick Mamas A. Mamas Nick Curzen Gregg W. Stone MD BCIS BCS President Dr Asif Qasim MA PhD FRCP

Brought a tear to my eye.... RIP Tony

I think the very least we could do is rename/name the Keynote lecture at BCIS ACI “The Tony Gershlick Annual Lecture”. curzen Colin Berry Millbrook Medical Conferences Sarah Clarke Divaka Perera Jim Nolan Dr Shrilla Banerjee MD FRCP 💙 Shazia T Hussain Mamas A. Mamas BCS President Professor Vijay Kunadian

Please R/T so that this reaches the general public. ‘Call 999 if you think you are having a #heartattack.’ #NHS data that we are studying suggests that, again, people are delaying seeking help. NICOR UK #SecondLockdown #SecondWave @catapultmark

Celebrating 14th anniversary. UK's first TAVI done in Glenfield hospital by Prof Kovac and team on 31/01/2007. Best ever innovation for our high risk and frail patients. Sue Mason UHL Renal Respiratory Cardiovascular Suzanne Khalid Medtronic Rebecca Brown

Did my first shift as a volunteer vaccinator yesterday with #SJA #wilsonpharmacy and feeling mighty privileged for the opportunity. The gratefulness of the people receiving their jabs was immense. Feel so proud to be part of our journey to beat Covid ❤️

1yr ago today Tony Gershlick 🙏🏽

Three senior doctors talk from experience of #COVID19 in the centre of Birmingham. They know why it can be a life saving decision to get your #BoosterJab Listen to them. It could save your life. @NHSinBCWB  NHS England Sarb Clare MBE Prof Derek Connolly

We now have a programme for the Prof. Tony Gershlick tribute meeting on the 12th March from 10:30-16:00 You can join in person University of Leicester, or virtually, both options are free We would love for you to join and honour a treasured colleague and friend bit.ly/ProfGershlickT…

#ACC23 ❣️I am attending a very interesting session on cardiovascular disease in Asian population ❣️Worrying high mortality rates with CVD from these regions ❣️Urgent need to study these population further to reduce preventable deaths ❣️Hypertension linked to high mortality!!