EDITORIAL
Heart: technology and guidelines
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Dr C Davies
Barts and London NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK; ceri.davies@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
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The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men. —Havelock Ellis
Havelock Ellis never practised as a doctor, preferring to devote himself to the scientific study of sex. However, as a Victorian, he understood the need for us to master our machines, a sentiment that most cardiologists would readily subscribe to. Yet the task is daunting, and it is often difficult for us to keep abreast of the technologies that are now the major drivers of our specialty. Subspecialisation has, to some extent, protected us by reducing "need-to-know" to groups largely defined by tools of trade. However, subspecialties do not act in isolation and, as we have emphasised elsewhere, properly integrated care demands that we understand the clinical applications of these tools rather than rely on the hearsay of enthusiasts or those with conflicting interests.
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