Movement of patients through the hospital and timely discharge don’'t work as they should. One reason for this is human behaviour and this can be examined with systems thinking and system traps-‘fixes that fail’ This will be recognisable where you work. doi.org/10.1016/j.fhj.…

The University Hospital Southampton 💙 UHS Heart Failure Team Consultants celebrating #WorldHeartDay2024 by cycling round the beautiful Test Valley and raising money for the brilliant Heartbeat 💙. Benoy Shah MD - next year..!

This seems very important. A result that challenges a dearly held but undoubtedly outmoded paradigm in AS management. Implications for valve services are potentially huge… 🎩 tip to the investigators.

Great thread (as always) mon ami. The final post is the key one - all of this means nothing if a healthcare system can’t closely follow patients and intervene quickly when needed!

Strongly agree. We do, however, need to recognise - in the context of proposed legislation - prognostication is difficult and continuity + being open about uncertainty is important. Admissions don’t need to be futile, but individual priorities of care need to be understood.

Much to approve of especially re: specialist review for Dx, and accurate coding! Shame nil explicit re: access to HF Specialist Nurses - All decompensating patients need quick access to specialist services ⁦Carys Barton 💙🫀#25in25 #Freedomfromfailure⁩ ⁦British Society for Heart Failure #theFword⁩ england.nhs.uk/long-read/hear…

Bottom line - this is difficult and needs expertise, collaboration, and individualised care. Nice article. bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Couldn’t agree more.

Difficult to think of many brands that have worked so hard to alienate a customer base through self defeating penny pinching than British Airways who with this change to tiers have pretty much said they don’t care about loyalty of leisure customers. headforpoints.com/2024/12/30/bri…

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I think we have some fundamental problems in appointing an NHS CEO (or other people in the most senior roles in central agencies)...

Dr. Andre LaGerche presenting lab and echo data before and after a 24-hour outdoor track cycling distance world record. I managed to find Strava data for that day…average power 246W over 24hours 🤯

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Relationship Between Exercise-Induced Cardiac Troponin Elevations and Occult Coronary Atherosclerosis in Middle-Aged Athletes: JACC Journals 🥸 Athletes and myocardial injury 😱 Take a look here at the TREAT study (n=1,011): 👇👇👇

Interesting data - important clinical question here. Reinforces the need to practice thoughtfully and consider the phenotype.

V. Helpful for anyone involved in acute cardiology practice - especially doctors in training / fellows BJCA 📊 British Cardiovascular Society

Earlier today one of the BBC's leading stories was about patient harm after heart surgery in Newcastle, the focus upon a single surgeon This highlighted text caught my eye Why? Because we've been here before sadly... 1/3

I'm sure this won't be the least bit controversial 👀 The problem with hospitalization endpoints in #heartfailure trials onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej… EJHF Editor-in-Chief HFAPresident Leeds Research & Innovation LICAMM