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Author(s): Rajiv Sankaranarayanan , Eleanor J Fleming , Clifford J Garratt Added: 3 years ago
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder worldwide with a prevalence of 1 in 500 in the general population.1 It can be defined as a condition that is typified by unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in the absence of other cardiac or non-cardiac conditions that could produce hypertrophy of similar proportions.2 The condition was the first… View more
Job title: Professor of Medicine
Dr Robert Eckel is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado, US.Dr Eckel has held appointments such as the Charles A. Boettcher II Endowed Chair in atherosclerosis research at the University of Colorado, director of the Lipid Clinic at University of Colorado Hospital, and program director of the… View more
Author(s): Pier D Lambiase , Joseph De Bono , Martin Lowe , et al Added: 3 years ago
Heart rhythm consultants, primary care physicians, specialist registrars, nurses and physiologists may be requested to review ECGs or advise on cases where antipsychotic-induced QT prolongation is suspected or evident. The British Heart Rhythm Society has issued the Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Patients Developing QT Prolongation on Antipsychotic Medication to support them… View more
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Atrial Fibrillation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Atrial Arrhythmias

Personal History Dr Joseph Gabriel Akar was born in January 1971 and speaks Arabic, English and French.9 He is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is currently Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory and the Complex Ablation Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital. … View more
Author(s): Demosthenes G Katritsis Added: 3 years ago
Cardiology has traditionally been a high-tech subspecialty, and in no field is this more true than interventional cardiac electrophysiology. Following the advent of computer-assisted recording systems and electroanatomic mapping, impressive technological innovations are emerging. Fusion of intracardiac ultrasound, or cardiac CT, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived imaging to… View more
Author(s): Vishal Vyas , Pier D Lambiase Added: 3 years ago
Worldwide obesity has reached pandemic proportions with more than 1.9 billion adults classed as overweight in 2016, of which 650million were obese.1 Since it is a major modifiable risk factor for so many cardiovascular diseases, it is no surprise there has been an exponential increase in cases of AF coinciding with the rise in obesity. While there were an estimated 8.8 million cases of AF in 2010… View more
Job title: Head of the Discipline of Medicine
Professor John Beltrame is the Head of the Discipline of Medicine at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. His international reputation and expertise focuses on coronary vascular disorders. However, in recent years he has broadened his focus to include: peripheral artery disease (in collaboration with the Vascular Surgical Research Group led by Professor Rob Fitridge) molecular mechanisms in… View more
Job title: Professor of Metabolic Medicine and an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leeds University and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Presenter Prof Ajjan is a Professor of Metabolic Medicine and an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leeds University and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. He obtained his PhD from the University of Sheffield and completed his clinical training in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He runs a programme of basic, translational and clinical research studies with… View more