Sam McGrath

🚨Delighted to share that our paper evaluating the UK interventional cardiology training programme has been published! 📄 ow.ly/qjnZ106bEeg We provide quantitative data on procedural volumes and trainee confidence across a range of interventional techniques.

How should we guide selection of invasive therapies following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? Prospective validation of the MIRACLE2 Score @ncurzen @krishnaraj82 @garryhamilton6 @drR_Simpson @Sam_mc35 @zaidiskandar85 @DrPaulRees ahajrnls.org/4saBexX

Coronary Fellowship Opportunity – Auckland 🇳🇿 Applications are now open for a 1-year coronary interventional fellowship (Oct 2026 – Oct 2027) offering high-volume cath lab training in a leading international cardiac centre. 💼 Salary: ~£70,000 (12-month funded post) 👩‍⚕️ Eligibility: UK trainees in their final 2 years of SpR training, BCIS members intending to specialise in interventional cardiology. Apply with: • CV (including personal statement & procedural numbers) • Two supervisory consultant references Deadline: Friday 3 April 2026 (5pm) Virtual interviews: Wednesday 22 April Queries: BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk

BCIS Education Forum: Assessing Plaque Morphology with OCT 11 Nov | 19:00–20:00 | Webinar With Dr Michael McGarvey & Dr Nilesh Pareek ✅ Plaque types on OCT ✅ Thrombus identification ✅ Managing erosions ✅ Case-based OCT guidance For BCIS members — by BCIS members. millbrook-events.co.uk/event/BCISEFOCT

Applications for BCIS international fellowships close in just one week! The opportunities on offer are: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): Adelaide and Vancouver Island Don't miss out on a fantastic opportunity, apply here: bcis.org.uk/news/pci-fello…

We have just opened the BJCA Alumni Survey to understand how cardiology trainees find the process of securing a Consultant job. If you were appointed as a consultant in the UK in the last 10 years, please complete our very short survey!! 🫀🙏 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ forms.gle/1sNVqqHieb51VZ…

🧪Cardiac Troponin: Fragments of the Future? @JACCJournals #Cardiology #CardioEd #FOAMed

Would you like to be a Trainee speaker or Consultant supervisor for an Education Forum Webinar? We are looking for expressions of interest for our December 25 - May 26 webinars. Please submit your expression of interest by means of email BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk including your training grade and hospital by Friday 27 June.

The study highlights areas for improvement and proposes strategies to enhance training effectiveness and consistency. @hollymorgs @BCIS_uk @TheBJCA @Ryvetsprog @chapdoc1 @OllyBrown

✅ Strengths: Strong pastoral support, solid foundational exposure, and positive trainee feedback ⚠️ Key challenge: The majority of trainees look to extend their training before the step up to consultancy.

🚨Delighted to share that our paper evaluating the UK interventional cardiology training programme has been published! 📄 ow.ly/qjnZ106bEeg We provide quantitative data on procedural volumes and trainee confidence across a range of interventional techniques.

Last night's education forum "Imaging Excellence: Enhancing #PCI Quality with #IVUS" is now available to watch on-demand on the BCIS website. Catch-up below, login to view 👇 bcis.org.uk/education-reso…

Join us this evening for this month's Education Forum 📹Imaging Excellence: Enhancing PCI Quality With IVUS 🗓️ Tuesday 10th June 🕖 19:00–20:00 🔍 Topic: Case-based discussion on how IVUS has influenced clinical decision-making in PCI. 🎙️ Speaker: Dr Matthew Kelham 🧑‍🏫 Supervisor: Dr Krishnaraj Rathod Join us for practical insights into IVUS-guided PCI and its real-world impact. millbrook-events.co.uk/BCISImagingExc…

@BashirAlaour @MassivelyMike @UKheartresearch @tomkaier @chapdoc1 @JACCJournals @TheBHF

🚨 Delighted our review “Cardiac Troponin: Fragments of the Future” is now in print! We explore the biology of troponin fragmentation and its potential to improve specificity in diagnosing type 1 AMI. 📖 Read here: jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

The TARGET-Type 2 pilot RCT demonstrates it is feasible to randomise patients with Type 2 MI to CTCA and echocardiography guided treatment of coronary artery disease and LV impairment 🧵sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@chapdoc1 @jasonwasfy @CaelanTaggart @yadersandoval @OptimaCTO @NickCurzen @DrMarthaGulati @CianPMcCarthy @HighSTEACS Great work Andrew & team 👏 Interesting manuscript and an important patient cohort were we need clarity around treatment strategy.

@jasonwasfy @CaelanTaggart @yadersandoval @OptimaCTO @NickCurzen @DrMarthaGulati @CianPMcCarthy @sam_mc35 @HighSTEACS Thanks Jason - look forward to chatting soon

📅Save the Date! BCIS Trainees Course 🗓️15-16 September 2025 📍Leicester Marriott Hotel 💓Hosted by East Midlands Cardiology Group Expect: 🎤Lecture presentations 🤲Hands-on simulation sessions 🏥Live cases …and more! Stay tuned for more details! 👀

‼️Ischaemia does not predict prognosis or response to PCI 📣patients enrolled in @REVIVED_BCIS2 had LVEF<35% extensive ischaemia and scar++ Paper by @hollymorgs @achir76 @divaka_perera et al out in @ehj_ed @ESC_Journals today @TheBHF @NIHRresearch doi.org/10.1093/eurhea…

@BasuJoyee @AndrewJMDSilva @Heart_BMJ Congrats Joy! 👊

I've spent almost a decade championing exercise in my ICC patients and am so proud to see this article providing a practical approach to exercise prescription in patients with cardiomyopathies and channelopathies published in @Heart_BMJ today. I hope that this article empowers health professionals to have discussions around exercise and provide recommendations. Many thanks to @DrRaghavBhatia Hamish MacLachlan @_HelenMayAlex @nabeelsheikh99 @robcoops82 for their valuable contributions and to @kazemr for believing in the proposal! heart.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/h… @AmandaVarnava @CRY_UK @Drstevenjcox @BucksHealthcare @Cardiomyopathy @libbyjarman @MichaelPapadak2 @SSharmacardio

#BCISACI 🚨YIA on now. Congratulations @hollymorgs @BCIS_uk @UKheartresearch