Cardiac crisis avoided courtesy of a clued-in GP
An imminent potentially catastrophic MI is averted thanks to the clinical acumen of the patient's GP
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Xie is a 41-year-old regular practice patient who attends for results of recent routine blood tests.
She has a history of diet-controlled gestational diabetes mellitus in her second pregnancy five years ago and has been attending for routine metabolic surveillance checkups, as recommended, every two years since.