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Simvastatin concerns-MHRA
An urgent notice has come from the Medicines Safety Watchdog MHRA. If you are on Simvastatin, which is a very safe drug, then there may...
Read MoreJournal Scan 6 – Fractional flow reserve, Hypertension and Exercise in Diabeties
De Bruyne B, Pijls N, Kalesan B, et al. Fractional flow reserve-guided PCI versus medical therapy in stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2012; DOI:...
Read MoreScience Museum “Lates” August 2012
Dr Malik takes part in an evening of entertainment organised by the Science Museum, London. The theme of the evening was the treatment of MI/heart...
Read MoreUPDATE: Transcatheter aortic valve intervention (TAVI)
Transcatheter aortic valve intervention (TAVI) is an amazing advance in the treatment of patients with severe aortic valve stenosis who are at high risk for...
Read MoreJournal Scan 5 – Stent choice in patients with diabetes, steroid use and heart disease.
1. http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5170 The choice of stent in a patient with diabetes favours routinely eluting stent over a non medicated bare metal stent, but which one?...
Read MoreDr Malik comments on the “Polypill” on Sky News.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18883163
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