Dr Malik: BMJ Masterclass

Dr Malik recently presented a lecture to 400 doctors at a British Medical Journal Masterclass on Cardiovascular Risk Factors. See the movie here….

Movie kindly supplied with permission by BMJ. Upcoming BMJ Cardiology event: – Thursday 23rd February 2012

Posted on 12 December 2011

Author: Dr Iqbal Malik

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