05/05/2016
A two-day course run by Dr Ramrakha is for interventionalists who would like to start or expand their transradial interventional practice. The course combines high-impact…
01/03/2014
Unexplained blackouts are still a clinical problem because symptoms are intermittent and unexpected.
01/03/2014
February is Heart Month and this year the British Heart Foundation are urging people to take at least 10 minutes a day to help improve their own heart health as well as…
01/03/2014
Having high cholesterol in your 30s and 40s could have a long-term impact on your heart health, according to a study.
01/03/2014
Reducing the nation’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels helped prevent over 20,000 people from dying prematurely from coronary heart disease according to a new study.…
01/02/2014
National Heart Month raises awareness of the UK's biggest killer - cardiovascular disease.
01/01/2014
Many people make New Year's Resolutions, a common one being to make lifestyle changes and improve their health.
30/11/2013
Dr Ramrakha is working with Inject Media Ltd to produce an exciting new web site and a series of videos about the Chiltern Hills Heart Clinic and the cardiac…
30/09/2013
The Oxford Handbook of Cardiology, 2nd Edition, has been Highly Commended in the Cardiology section in the BMA Medical Book of the Year Award 2013.
22/02/2011
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) was associated with much better outcomes than standard care in patients with severe aortic disease unable to undergo surgery…
22/02/2011
Low doses of omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the overall rate of major cardiovascular events in patients who have had a previous myocardial infarction (MI) in the…
22/02/2011
One in eight adult patients in the UK, previously thought to be suffering from epilepsy but in whom this diagnosis was in doubt, in fact had heart rhythm abnormalities…
22/02/2011
A novel, catheter-based technique is looking promising for the treatment of refractory hypertension. The autonomic nervous system is known to supply sympathetic nerve…
22/02/2011
Results from a study presented at the meeting by Dr A Norman, (University of Dundee) support the use of allopurinol as a novel anti-ischaemic agent in patients with…