Welcome to Doctor Warrick's Podcast Channel. Warrick is a practicing cardiologist and author with a passion for improving care by helping patients understand their heart health through education. Warrick believes educated patients get the best health care. Discover and understand the latest approaches and technology in heart care and how this might apply to you or someone you love.
In this podcast, Doctor Warrick Bishop, a practicing cardiologist and author, discusses the importance of educating patients about their heart health.
He shares a letter from a cardiologist that he received, which he believes represents the reason he wrote his book, "Have You Planned Your Heart Attack?" The letter discusses a fit 50-year-old builder with high cholesterol who is eligible for treatment, but the cardiologist does not believe it will alter his life expectancy. The cardiologist also does not recommend a cardiac CT scan, which Doctor Bishop disagrees with, as he believes it is a valid test for intermediate risk patients.
Doctor Bishop also disagrees with the cardiologist's recommendation to give the patient a prescription for Crestor and leave it up to him to continue taking it. He believes this is bad medicine and a lack of concern for the individual.
Doctor Bishop encourages patients to educate themselves about their heart health and ask for the best healthcare possible. He also provides information on his website for those seeking more information.
- Doctor Warrick Bishop is a practicing cardiologist and author who is passionate about improving care by helping patients understand their heart health through education.
- Educated patients get the best healthcare.
- Cardiac CT imaging is a valuable technology that allows doctors to look inside someone and get the health of their arteries.
- Doctor Bishop faced pushback from his colleagues when he started informing people about cardiac CT imaging.
- A letter from a cardiologist to a GP suggests that a cardiac CT would be misleading for a fit 50-year-old builder with high cholesterol.
- A normal ECG does not tell us what's going on in the coronary arteries.
- Doctor Bishop believes that cardiac CT imaging is a valid test for intermediate risk patients.
- Cholesterol-lowering therapy can make a difference to future risk of event for people with plaque in their arteries.
- The price of a CT scan is relatively low and represents good value for thorough evaluation of coronary arteries.
- Seeking specialist medical attention does not guarantee that you will receive the same information from every individual.
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