How important is the cause of heart failure in determining prognosis?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Prof Gerhard Poelzl from Innsbruck in Austria.

Discussion: bit.ly/3tueS1i

Link to published paper: bit.ly/3RMoHkI

Please share this open letter Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 Trisha Greenhalgh Doctors’ Association UK 💙 Louella Vaughan Roshana 🦴 Simon Fleming 🛠 Martin McKee 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 Dr Kevin O'Kane 🇺🇦 Ben White Dr Asif Qasim 💙 David Oliver. Thank you 🙏

The European Society of Cardiology Journals – Cardiovascular Imaging is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. If you are a #CVimaging expert, with wide experience as an author, reviewer, editor/associate editor & an #EACVI Fellow, please apply by 29 Feb.

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What a great review! Really enjoyed this.

🚨 New research paper alert 🚨

Read more about the latest work from CMIH investigators 👇

'The curious case of the test set AUROC'

nature.com/articles/s4225…

Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb James Rudd Sören Dittmer

12. It really doesn't matter if someone with a cut finger waits 4 hours and one minute, but it matters very much if a person with a broken hip stays more than 12 hours. The effort needs to be focused on the people who need admission.

'The future of the NHS depends on having the right numbers of staff in the right roles, at the right times.'

Looking after the NHS workforce must be a top priority, say experts in the third report of The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS
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PAs are a dependent role, dependent on a doctors supervision. What they believe their scope of practice should be is completely irrelevant- particularly given that their training level is around a second or third year medical student at best.

The BMA guidelines around scope

There are only a few days remaining to apply for this exciting new position with John Aston

Why not a NOAC to anticoagulate patients with a mechanical valve?
Short term Warfarin, NOAC, Aspirin, DAPT or nothing for patients with a Tissue valve?
Which drugs for patients with a TAVI device? Or with a Mitraclip?

Confused? #heartvalvedisease

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In this episode of the Heart podcast, James Rudd is joined by Norman Briffa, a cardiac surgeon from Sheffield, UK. They discuss transcatheter and surgical anti-thrombotic strategies after valve intervention.

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Can measuring pericoronary adipose tissue density on CTCA improve coronary allograft vasculopathy detection or event prediction after heart transplantation?
academic.oup.com/ehjcimaging/ad… Jonathan Weir-McCall Damini Dey Anna Kydd James Rudd VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute CambridgeCardio Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT 💙

My latest article in Guardian sport about the inevitable mix of football & politics and why the Independent Regulator is our last hope to make the game sustainable #gtfc

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We were very impressed with the interest and enthusiasm of years 4, 5, 6 today from schools in Cambridge city and county: Cherry Hinton Primary, Cheveley Primary, Isle of Ely Primary school, Holme Court Primary school. Thank you for discussing DNA and disease and health with us!

Some thoughts from me just published:

We need medical leadership built on trust bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Twenty five years ago, this week (yes I’m old!), I was awarded MRCP. I was so pleased for many reasons, not least blood, sweat, tears that went into it and what it meant for pursuing Respiratory. Please Royal College of Physicians - work with the members & Fellows to #Makemedicinegreatagain

BREAKING
The senior officers of the Royal College of Physicians commissioned a survey of MRCPs’ views on physician associates (PAs). They have today released the actual findings, but the back story is shocking. I’ll link to the raw data at the end of this 🧵.
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Shortness of breath as a diagnostic factor for acute coronary syndrome in male and female callers to out-of-hours primary care 🏥 🏥 heart.bmj.com/content/early/…

Excellent thread by Louella Vaughan … everything you didn’t but need to know and the big Q’s.

Enjoyed an insightful discussion with James Rudd on how planning procedures can influence both acute and long-term outcomes. Check out the podcast episode for a deep dive into #CTguidedPCI