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Clinical reading, published daily
Written for cardiologists and cardiology trainees by a practising senior interventional cardiologist. Every article carries a named author, a review date and the trials it rests on. No listicles. No filler.
Four clinical hubs
Each hub collects the full archive on that subject, oldest to newest.
ECG Interpretation
Reading sequences, ischaemia patterns, arrhythmia recognition and the traps.
Interventional Cardiology
PCI technique, antiplatelet strategy, complications and how to get out of them.
Board Exam Preparation
Study plans, high-yield question sets and the topics examiners keep returning to.
Start with this one
ECG Interpretation · 9 min read
Most missed findings on an ECG are not subtle — they are simply outside the order in which the reader was looking. This article sets out a ten-step sequence that makes the order explicit, and identifies the four findings that should always be checked last, when the eye has stopped hunting for the obvious.
Recent articles
Nine published pieces and counting — the programme adds one most working days.
ECG Interpretation · 9 min read
A ten-step order of examination that stops you missing the finding you were not looking for — rate, rhythm, axis, intervals, chambers, ischaemia, and the four things read last.
ECG Interpretation · 11 min read
Evolution from hyperacute T waves to Q-wave formation, plus the STEMI equivalents that do not meet millimetre criteria and still occlude an artery.
Echocardiography · 8 min read
The reference ranges worth committing to memory, the ones worth looking up, and why the difference matters in a report.
Interventional Cardiology · 12 min read
Where TWILIGHT, MASTER DAPT and the bleeding-risk scores actually leave us — and how to decide for the patient in front of you.
Interventional Cardiology · 10 min read
Mechanisms, prevention and what genuinely works once the flow has gone. Written from the operator’s side of the table.
Board Exam Preparation · 9 min read
Definite, probable, possible. Timing classification, predictors, and the answer examiners are listening for.
Board Exam Preparation · 14 min read
Week by week, with the reading, the question load and the revision cycles mapped out for a working registrar.
Board Exam Preparation · 10 min read
The question stems that recur across DM, DNB and NEET-SS papers, with the reasoning rather than just the key.
Echocardiography · 7 min read
The measurements, windows and cut-offs you need at the machine, condensed to what fits on a single screen.
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How these articles are written and checked
This is a medical site. The standards below are not decoration — they are the reason you can act on what you read here.
Named clinical author
Every article carries the author’s name, degrees and current clinical role — never a house byline.
Dated review
Each piece shows when it was written and when it was last reviewed against current guidance.
Evidence named
Recommendations cite the trial or guideline they rest on, with the population it applied to.
Scope stated
Articles are written for clinicians. They are educational, not a substitute for individual clinical judgement or for local protocol.
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