October 2023

Peer Reviewed Feature Articles
Cardiovascular medicine

Cardio-oncology: the GP’s role

Elysia Thornton-Benko, Bogda Koczwara, Aaron L. Sverdlov

Recognition of the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in (CVD) people with cancer has led to the growth of cardio-oncology: the prevention, detection and treatment of CVD in people with cancer.

Peer Reviewed Regular Series
ECG education

Sinus pause and arrest

Vivienne Miller

An 83-year-old man has asked for a cardiology review before having knee replacement surgery and shows you an ECG strip recorded by a smartphone app. What does this show?

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