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The Micra headless pacemaker: great news for some. Dr Malik says: Real world data suggests that this new type of pacemaker can be implanted very...

Informed consent after the “Montgomery Ruling” Consent for a procedure is a process rather than a signature on a piece of paper. Has the Montgomery...

Statins cause muscle aches only if you know you are on them: low risk so perhaps better NOT to tell the patient. In heart failure...

Bioabsorbable stents: they take away the narrowing, allow healing, and then disappear leaving a normal artery. Unfortunately, despite the hype, it sounded like science fiction,...

Medtronic Resolute Onyx stent approved in USA. But we (Europeans) have been using it for a few years already! Dr Malik says: Drug eluding stents (DES)...

Dr Malik has read an article about Statins with great interest! Statins are good news. 1/3 reduction in cholesterol, 1/3 reduction in risk. If you can’t tolerate them,...