Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Lead author, Dr. Klaus Witte, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist, University of Leeds and Leeds General Infirmary, discusses findings from a new economic study titled "Cost-effectiveness of an insertable cardiac monitor to detect atrial fibrillation in patients with cryptogenic stroke". Results were recently published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. Klaus Witte is a Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist in the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine at the University of Leeds. He has his own group investigating the relationship between pacemaker therapy and heart failure and also is the Head of the Department of Clinical and Population Science in the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine with line management responsibilities for over 40 investigators, fellows and technical staff. His research interests include vitamin D in CHF, and he was principle investigator of VINDICATE, the largest study of vitamin D supplementation in CHF patien