Cardiology assessment with Professor Derek Connolly Episode 1 'Is this cardiac or could it be cardiac'
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Richard welcomes Professor Derek Connolly to the show who is a consultant cardiologist at Birmingham City Hospital. During the episode, Derek discus's how he assesses patients with possible cardiac pathology's. We discus, history taking , red flags, investigation and referrals. We then discus a case of a patient presenting with chest pain in general practice, which includes when to refer, what is involved in the rapid access to chest pain clinic and perinate history which could increase the likely of cardiac pathology.
As always thank to Scott for your help and support.
This podcast was brought to you with collaboration between Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub, Primary Care Cardiovascular Society and the College of Paramedics.
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