Cardiology

Prof Bruce Campbell
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Advances in acute stroke management, and the key factors involved in ensuring that patients access appropriate treatment in a timely fashion.

Prof Bruce Campbell
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Never before has it been so important to educate our patients about the importance of calling triple zero promptly if they have symptoms that could be a stroke as this will result in far better outcomes.

Prof Bruce Campbell
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Never before has it been so important to educate our patients about the importance of calling triple zero promptly if they have symptoms that could be a stroke as this will result in far better outcomes.

Prof Andrew Sindone
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In this Product Explainer, Prof Andrew Sindone, Cardiologist and Director of the Heart Failure Unit at the Concord Hospital explains the cardiovascular advantages of a high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine for active immunisation for the prevention of influenza disease indicated for use in persons 60 years of age and older (5 mins).

Dr Yohan Chacko
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has revolutionised treatment of AS- there has been a recent update in intermediate risk private reimbursement that will make this procedure available to many more patients.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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Advances in reperfusion and clot retrieval have dramatically altered the outcome for ischaemic stroke patients, but time to treatment is still the critical factor.

Prof Andrew Sindone
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Insight and understanding into how to identify and assess complications of DOACs, and, importantly, how adverse effects of DOACs can be best managed.

Healthed
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At least 27,000 fewer Heart Health Checks were delivered by GPs between March 2020 & July 2021 due to the pandemic

Expert/s: Healthed
Prof David Playford
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Why is coronary calcium score so important? Prof Playford, will explain why coronary CT is the single best test to identify the presence of coronary atherosclerosis, which is the actual pathology that causes AMI.

Dr Linda Calabresi
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Dr Linda Calabresi
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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Due to it's perceived greater efficacy and the greater body of evidence supporting its use, chlorothalidone is preferred over hydrochlorothiazide for treatment of hypertension. A new study, recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine, may have cast this guideline into doubt.