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Author(s): Anna Meta Dyrvig Kristensen Added: 2 months ago
AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 – Dr Anna Meta Dyrvig Kristensen (Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, DK) presents an individual patient data meta-analysis examining beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.This comprehensive meta-analysis pooled individual patient data from five randomized controlled… View more
Added: 4 months ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
New research challenges the common assumption that high flow rates during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) increase pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and the risk of pulmonary oedema in patients with cardiogenic shock. The ECMO-Flow trial found that increasing VA-ECMO flow often has a neutral or even beneficial effect on PCWP, despite raising left ventricular… View more
Added: 1 month ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
The role of long-term beta-blocker therapy following a myocardial infarction (MI) in patients without heart failure remains a subject of clinical debate, particularly in the modern era of reperfusion and secondary prevention. The BETAMI–DANBLOCK trial sought to address this evidence gap by evaluating the efficacy of beta-blockers in this specific patient population.¹BETAMI–DANBLOCK was an open… View more
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Vascular Disease and Surgery

Job title: Professor of Vascular Surgery
Prof Sherif Sultan has more than three decades of vascular and endovascular surgery experience and a strong international reputation as one of the pioneers of open and minimally invasive vascular and endovascular techniques. He is the senior vascular surgeon at the West-Northwest Hospital group of the National Health Service Executive in Ireland. He founded the Western Vascular Institute, a… View more
Pitt Lim

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Job title: Cardiologist
Dr Lim completed his MBBS at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical School in 1990. He then undertook higher specialist training cardiovascular medicine at Ninewell University Hospital and Medical School, Dundee from 1994 to 2000. During this period he completed his MD in hypertensive heart disease and contributed to the development of the “Dundee Step Test” and 20 peer reviewed… View more