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Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist. Specialist adult cardiovascular care: putting research into practice to benefit patients

Aug 28, 2020, 5 tweets

‘Hospital tests & procedures used to diagnose & monitor a range of #heart & circulatory conditions are often among the vital first steps in someone's treatment journey. Delaying them could have a domino effect on the rest of their care’ by ⁦@TheBHFdailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

The impact of the #COVID19 pandemic on #cardiology services @Heart_BMJ openheart.bmj.com/content/7/2/e0…

“All areas of #cardiology service provision sustained significant reductions, which included outpatient clinics, investigations, procedures & cardiology community services such as #heartfailure & #CardiacRehab.”

“As ischaemic heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death nationally & globally, cardiology services need to prepare for a significant increase in workload in the recovery phase & develop new pathways to urgently help those adversely affected... .”

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