News from the world of cardiology
Dr Malik: Watch out of narrowing in your leg arteries [PAD]
Dr Malik says: Claudication (pain in your calves when walking) can be a sign of hardening of the blood vessels. Get checked out and address...
Read MoreDr Malik: What to do about High Blood Pressure
Dr Malik says: Talk to the doctor, get your lifestyle sorted out, actually swallow the pills prescribed to you (they don’t work if not swallowed),...
Read MoreDr Malik: FREEDOM 8 year follow-up
Dr Malik reports: I was involved in the CARDia trial of angioplasty (PCI) versus surgery ( CABG). FREEDOM was a larger trial that reported a...
Read MoreDr Malik on triglycerides
Dr Malik reports: I had fallen out of love with fish oils, Maxepa, and triglyceride lowering. At the AHA meeting in Autumn 2018, triglycerides (TG) became...
Read MoreDr Malik has published a chapter in a new book
Dr Malik has published a chapter in this new book on Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care of the Morbidly Obese Surgical Patients. He says: I see a...
Read MoreDr Malik talks “Troponin” at the BGS Autumn meeting
Dr Malik reports: I recently gave a lecture on Troponin levels in the elderly. Troponin is a sensitive cardiac marker, but can be elevated in...
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