He was widely published and active in the field, serving as a member of the European Society of Cardiology committee for practice guidelines and as the chairperson of the ESC guidelines on pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery.

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The report said a risk assessment which had previously been carried out identified "low and unsafe nurse staffing for a cardiac high dependency unit".

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