2003, Volume 10, Issue 03, pages 161-240

Anonymised data collected from 24 participating localities in England have been aggregated for this report. The data are taken from general practice computer records using...

Patients with Dressler syndrome generally present with malaise, fever, chest pain, leukocytosis, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and pericardial effusion.1 To the best of our...

Statins are prescribed worldwide for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and also for those at risk of developing atherosclerotic vascular disease. This article looks...

Routledge et al. have addressed an increasingly topical issue. They demonstrate in a small cohort of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) that the use of...

Aortic valve stenosis is a common cause of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Severe LVH in association with aortic stenosis does not always regress following valve...

Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common anomaly involving central venous return in thorax. Anatomically it is a mirror image of the...

Thrombolytic therapy for acute ischaemic stroke improves outcome in a highly selected group of patients. It will shortly be licensed in the UK for this...

Better care without delay: heart failure Coronary Heart Disease Collaborative Heart failure is a subject that is equally challenging to primary and secondary care physicians...

Echocardiography is a commonly used diagnostic tool in assessing cardiac disease. The advent of hand-held ultrasound devices means useful information on cardiac cavity size, ventricular...

A survey on cardiovascular education was sent out to over 1,800 general practitioners by the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society. This generated 304 replies. Of those...

A systematic approach to the identification and treatment of high-risk coronary heart disease (CHD) patients has been adopted in the UK health care...