2003, Volume 10, Issue 01, pages 1-76

In 2000, the European Society of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology issued a consensus document concerning the redefinition of myocardial infarction (MI). They proposed...

Patients admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have high motivation to stop smoking. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is known to...

The concept of chronic disease self-management programmes together with the emerging expert patient has not been widely studied in the context of heart disease. But...

A commentary on the sign guideline on cardiac rehabilitation, and links between the British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation and the British Journal of...

The mode of action of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the role of the cyclo-oxygenase enzymes COX1 and COX2 and their inhibitors is described. These can...

Amiodarone is a potentially hazardous drug indicated for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. The purpose of the audit was to assess the risk associated with amiodarone...

There is strong evidence to support a causal relationship between the level of circulating plasma cholesterol and the risk of clinically overt coronary heart disease...

The success of developments in heart transplantation has given women recipients the opportunity to have children. The first successful pregnancy in a patient who had...

Acute, undifferentiated chest pain (chest pain ?cause) presents a frequent and difficult challenge to clinicians working in the emergency setting. We aimed to survey current...

Cardiovascular death is steadily decreasing but still accounts for 40% of deaths (235,000) in this country per year. More than 85% occur in older patients...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and statins improve prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease. Effective secondary prevention strategies, however, are frequently under-utilised. We sought to...

The SIGN guideline on cardiac rehabilitation was published in January 2002 and endorsed by the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation. This paper summarises the recommendations,...