Peter Sleight: visionary cardiologist and inspiring leader
BMJ : British Medical Journal (Online)
; 371, 2020.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-20237132
ABSTRACT
Mervyn George Bishop/Fairfax Media/Getty Images Peter Sleight, a professor at Oxford University, helped to transform heart attack treatment and prevent cardiovascular disease with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and statins. Isis methodology influenced the design of studies into other conditions, including the Recovery trial, which showed that dexamethasone reduces covid-19 mortality. [...]unlike many eminent men, he was able, endearingly, to laugh at himself—for example, when medical students lampooned him as Professor BA Flight after he had flown to Tokyo for the day. In the last 10 years of his life, he generated global media interest after demonstrating with his Italian colleague Luciano Bernardi that certain musical rhythms lowered blood pressure.
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Randomized controlled trials
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BMJ : British Medical Journal (Online)
Year:
2020
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