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Enrolement is Underway in the CLARITY-AF Study which compares Efficacy, safety and efficiency of two catheter ablation technologies.

The RCP piloted the GMC Appraisal Framework in secondary care in the Mersey region on behalf of the Revalidation Support Team (RST) and the report was presented recently to the UK Programme Board.

“‘The plans set out in the White Paper, (‘Liberating the NHS’) represent a welcome shift towards a greater focus on measuring health services on grounds of quality and outcomes rather than on activity and process targets” said Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

“Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor leading to the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia” according to Dr I Grundvold, University of Oslo.

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has welcomed the publication of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) public health guidance on prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at the population level in UK.

Recently announced results from a sub-analysis of the MADIT-CRT trial data that show that women receive a greater clinical benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) than men. The results were presented during the 17th Cardiostim World Congress by Jonathan Steinberg, M.D., Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Al-Sabah Arrythmia Institute, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York.

Results from the largest comparative, randomized clinical trial of patients who are at risk for contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) demonstrate that VISIPAQUE™ (iodixanol), an iso-osmolar contrast medium, is associated with a significantly lower incidence of CIN in high-risk elderly patients, compared with low-osmolar iopromide, another commonly used contrast medium.

Enabled by pharmacogenomics, molecular imaging and other molecular biomarkers, personalized medicine promises to optimize modern medicine and minimize the potential side effects of therapeutic agents. A leading pathologist has now indicated that it may also dramatically impact the justice system, and in ways that we are only just beginning to understand.

PCI can be performed safely and with significant improvement at centres without a surgical service, according to a study published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.
There is now little dispute that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has revolutionised the management of patients with acute coronary events such as heart attack. Moreover, improvements in [...]

The influence and importance of valve disease is increasing and yet the subject remains under-represented.  There is, for example, no group affiliated to the British Cardiovascular Society and no National Services Framework on valve disease.   A number of interested individuals have recently convened to discuss the formation of a specialist group.
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