Copeptin - is There a Role for Another Cardiac Biomarker?

Copeptin: a new biomarker that is specific for preeclampsia?

Is there a role for ischaemic conditioning in cardiac surgery?

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is the revascularisation strategy of choice in patients with diabetes mellitus and complex CAD. Owing to a number of factors, including the ageing population, the increased complexity of CAD being treated, concomitant valve and aortic surgery, and multiple comorbiditi...

Is there another consultant lifestyle?

It so happened that I read the article by Mr Hill and his colleagues on manpower imbalance in obstetrics and gynaecology' in the same week that I saw the film "Gandhi." The similarities were astonishing. Much of the article read like the colonialists' talk in the last days of the empire. There was, essentially, a need to maintain the status quo. Obstetrics was a special case, to be compared to ...

Assessing risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: is there a role for cardiac MRI?

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is most commonly precipitated by malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias and readily prevented by insertion of implantable cardioverterdefibrillators (ICDs). However, our ability to identify which individuals are at highest risk for SCD and thus candidates for ICDs remains inadequate. Current clinical guidelines for selecting patients who have yet to experience clinica...

Is There a Role for Cardiac Rehabilitation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? There is No Role for Cardiac Rehabilitation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

In Europe, between 1985 to 1989 and 2000 to 2004, a decline of >30% in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease mortality was observed. However, according to the latest figures of the European Heart Network, the annual mortality of CVD still exceeds 4 million (ie, 47% of all deaths) in Europe and 1.9 million (ie, 40% of all deaths) in the European Union. Furthermore, despite a fa...