A thread for the ultra-wealthy.
If you are wealthy, you may think that if the U.K. switches from an NHS-model to a private model of healthcare it will either a) be better for you, or b) will not affect you.
Here is why you are wrong…
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Delighted to announce that the BRITISH study has opened to recruitment at Southampton and the first patient was randomised yesterday! We now need to open another 34 sites as quickly as possible so we can stay on target! @ncurzen
Congratulations @Jeremy_Hunt
Delighted that that we - *FINALLY* - have a chancellor that knows what a complete car crash pension taxation is for retention in the NHS; and that waiting lists of 7m+ are a car crash for economy
Will be in touch #FixTheFinanceAct#TaxUnregistered
Joint British Society consensus recommendations for magnetic resonance imaging for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices https://t.co/Z7rk6j3gj0
Broad collaboration to provide guidance to patients and staff involved in #MRI with #pacemakers and #ICDs.
MINOCA Overview and Future Perspectives:
"Now’s the Day an Now’s the Hour”#JCS2022
How is the Battle of Bannockburn relevant to MINOCA research?
Thank you to Japanese Circulation Society for the opportunity to present this State-of-the-Art plenary Lecture #MINOCA (1/14)
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A middle-age man presents with dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and weight gain. His BP is 112/40.
This should generate a hypothesis.
And you begin to test your hypothesis by evaluating for specific physical findings. What do you notice in this video?
While common and serious, heart valve disease is treatable.
Early detection is key! Everyone over the age of 65 should ask their doctor to ‘listen to their heart’ ❤️with a stethoscope 🩺at least once a year.
Not a big ask, but a huge preventive step! ⚠️
A stunning performance of Sibelius Symphony No.2 brings our first night back in front of a live audience to a close. Here's to the next 6 weeks of live music at the #BBCProms
Congratulations for a key cardiomyopathy insight. HCM perfusion defects unequivocally can be present pre hypertrophy. Eponymous LVH a secondary, even compensatory process in HCM? The fundamental unit of myocardium not the myocyte, but the myocyte:capillary pair? So much to learn.
New research suggests FFP3 masks could provide up to 100% protection from #COVID19 transmission; @PHE_UK guidance on PPE should be updated immediately to reflect this, as we and others have long called for.
@CNagpaul spoke to @BBCNews this morning.
https://t.co/c0JU9GF28r