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Was the past perfect ? I don’t know, but the future looks tense… welcome on-board, to automated ACS management.

Posted in acute coroanry syndrome, Clinical cardiology, Ethics in Medicine, Hippocratic oath, history of cardiology, Histroy of medicine, Left main disease, Medical ethics, Primary PCI on June 23, 2019|

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Charles river esplanade ,Boston* : A healthy middle-aged man who was jogging quietly, while his heart was under intense scrutiny by the bionic eyes of Apple i-watch’s smart patch electrode. Suddenly, it detected some bizarre ST segment fragmentation (Seems it can predict in advance , Ischemic signals 10 minutes prior to onset of ACS ) The built-in cosmos direct GPS instantly alerted & summoned a titanium powered Space X drone that pulled the patient from the riverside to the nearest human wellness port .

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It dropped him through a remotely accessed split glass roof right inside the hybrid heart lab, to find , men and women chatting with flattish Artificial intelligence panels who readily allowed the robotic arms to hug the patient which engaged the coronary artery pushing radiation free magnetic gas found nothing inside and what would become a perfectly normal human coronary artery .

An amused resident robot gently plucked the patient from the cath table with sheepish laughter and called for another drone to drop the patient exactly in the same place from where he was picked up.The healthy hearted patient thanked the doctors profusely and continued his routine evening jog across the Charles of course with a 16-minute delay!

Next day . . .

Event auditing firm medi-logic mind congratulated the entire cardiac team and its digital health hub for the quality of the network and completing this daring coronary rescue mission in 16 minutes. While the drone to hospital roof time was 3 minutes, the coronary artery visualisation time was perfect.The auditing team had a special mention about the astonishing capability of Apple time watch algorithm that made sure that the patient’s evening routine was unaffected in spite of this life-threatening non cardiac pseudo-emergency. The crowning glory was, the entire expenses amounting to 250000 dollors (after a special money back discount coupon for the first false alarm) were taken care by the patient’s virtual insurance blockchain payment gateway.

*You have just read the news that wasn’t – January 2030 AD

Now, back to reality,

Stumbled on this news clip from pages of Times of India, (20-6-2019) months after I wrote the above piece. I wondered the chase between fact and fiction is becoming  really a close race.

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ORBITA trial : First let us do some harm . . . second , we shall . . !?

Posted in Cardiology -Interventional -PCI, Cardiology -Technology, Cardiology -Therapeutic dilemma, cardiology -Therapeutics, Cardiology -unresolved questions, cardiology journal club, cardiology wisdom, Medical education, Medical ethics, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2017| 2 Comments »

Cardiologists at confused cross roads !

Perils of  limited Intellect & Infinite greed  

When not so appropriately trained cardiologists  do Inappropriate things “use becomes misuse” . . . then, it won’t take much time for science to become total abuse. That’s what happened with the murky world of coronary stents .No surprise, it’s time to firefight the healers instead of the disease !

Now ,Comes the ORBITA study . Yes , it looks like a God sent path breaking trial that spits some harsh truths not only in cardiology, but also in behavioral ethics .Let us not work over time and hunt for any non-existing loop holes in ORBITA. Even if it has few, it can be condoned for sure as we have essentially lived out of flawed science  for too long  Injuring many Innocent hearts !

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Yes , its enforced premature funeral  times for a wonderful technology !

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Meanwhile, let us pray for a selective resurrection of  stenting in chronic coronary syndromes  and stop behaving like lesser professionals !

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Extremely  sorry . . . to  all those discerning academic folks , who are looking for a true scientific review of ORBITA , please look elsewhere !

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Is misinterpreting scientific papers an Academic crime ? No, its not, I do it often !

Posted in bio ethics, Medical ethics, medical quotes, medical satistics, tagged , , , , , , , on June 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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Medical Ignorance : Just Ignore it . . . move on , lets live the moment !

Posted in Medical ethics, tagged , on June 9, 2015| 1 Comment »

It is believed  (assumed ?), medical science is propelled by constant quest for knowledge and improvement in basic and clinical science that eventually would transform into better patient care and favorably impact  global health standards. We know the field of medicine is growing in an unimaginable pace.It’s obvious  any growth if uncontrolled or not properly guided is at risk of deviation from the main goal and ultimately  turn malignant and destroy the system which it’s supposed to guard.

How many times we realise the current treatment we administer would soon become obsolete and  even become dangerous ? What is the point in replacing treatment A by B , and  then  B is pulled over by C or D   and suddenly finding A is better than either C or D (and still we hesitate to fall back on A because its an oldie!)

Still ,this is what we call  as practicing ” State of the art medicine” How about a person who defies state of the art ,  and able to fore- see the futility which is threatening to be the  norm in modern medicine. Then,who is really Ignorant ?

I stumbled upon this  wonderful writing on this issue by ex BMJ editor by Richard Smith. Mind you , this was published way back in 1992, when the boom of  futile  ” Human  Health shopping”  was just about to explode !

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Link to The ethics  of  Ignorance

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Don’t get confused .Noble professionals are  licensed to  practice  with whatever is published as science as long as their intentions are deemed to be genuine .Harm arising out of  practicing what’s considered best as on today is acceptable in the court of law.

Meanwhile , its a tragic truth, If you do not follow the herd , you are at risk of being punished even for goodness committed by you. Wisdom and conscience  can never win a legal battle ! If you have the courage try practice them !

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