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Acute & Interventional Cardiology 2002; Volume 9: pages AIC 1- AIC 32
CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 5–AIC 10
League tables, risk assessment and an opportunity to improve standards
The implications of the Secretary of State’s approval of the introduction of league tables for cardiac surgeons are discussed. Surgeons are to be ranked according...
EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 11
Will league tables have an adverse effect on the practice of coronary revascularisation in the UK?
Within the last year we have witnessed the advent of public scrutiny of the results of surgical coronary revascularisation. The methodology em-ployed in order to...
CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 13–AIC 17
Are waiting times for coronary artery bypass graft surgery longer than they should be? Implications of the NICE guidelines for coronary artery stents
The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that some patients on the routine waiting list for coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery are...
EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 19
Are waiting times for coronary artery bypass graft surgery longer than they should be? Implications of the NICE guidelines for coronary artery stents
Tryfonidis, Prendergast and Curzen present their findings
of work designed to answer the very pertinent question
"Are waiting times for coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG)...
CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 20–AIC 25
Volumetric haemodynamic monitoring and continuous pulse contour analysis – an untapped resource for coronary and high dependency care units?
Critically ill patients in the coronary care or high dependency units (CCU, HDU) need accurate assessment of their haemodynamic status to guide fluid or vasoactive...
CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 26–AIC 31
The evolving role of the cardiac inotrope, enoximone, in heart failure
Chronic heart failure is a progressive syndrome which continues to have high rates of morbidity and mortality. Heart failure rates are increasing in parallel with...
EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2002;9(1):AIC 32
Pergolide and coronary artery dissection
This report describes a 48-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease who developed coronary artery dissection. We believe that dissection in this patient was probably caused by...