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The British Journal
of Cardiology

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2004, Volume 11, Issue 04, pages 257-332

CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:307-9

Is provision and funding of cardiac rehabilitation services sufficient for the achievement of the National Service Framework goals?

The objectives of this analysis were to ascertain the population need for out-patient cardiac rehabilitation in England, to estimate the current level of provision and...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:329-32

Integrated Care Pathways – what can we do to make them happen?

Integrated Care Pathways (ICPs) are one way of implementing protocol-based care. Healthcare professionals need to draft and implement ICPs in order to meet clinical governance...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:326-8

The new NHS: changing the face of British cardiology

The titles of the lectures at a recent Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (PCCS) meeting show the face of British cardiology is indeed changing. Control of...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:323-5

An evidence-based audit of coronary heart disease clinics

The National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) requires practices to establish registers of patients with CHD and to implement audits of care...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:315-20

Angiotensin II receptor blockers: a new lease of LIFE?

The National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) requires practices to establish registers of patients with CHD and to implement audits of care...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:312-4

A case of spontaneous tension pneumopericardium

Pneumopericardium is a rare condition, seen most commonly in the context of chest trauma in adults, and in mechanical ventilation in neonatal practice. Mortality is...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:310-11

Phase 4 cardiac rehabilitation: a comparison of exercise intensity levels and ratings of perceived exertion between cardiac and non-cardiac participants

Meta-analyses of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) trials have shown improved survival1,2 and significant improvements in cardio-respiratory fitness for individuals who have sustained a myocardial infarction...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:302-5

Provision of rehabilitation services to patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators: a survey of UK implantation centres

This study investigated the current level of provision of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for automatic implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients in the UK, the clinical and...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:300-1

Development of the BACR/BHF minimum dataset for cardiac rehabilitation

This article describes the process used to arrive at the set of assessment measures and minimum dataset for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) that has been endorsed...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:292-9

Hypercholesterolaemia and its potential role in the presentation and exacerbation of hypertension

Hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor and its pathogenesis remains elusive. For a long time, hypertension and dyslipidaemia have been viewed as independent but...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:287-90

Diurnal rhythms, the renin-angiotensin system and antihypertensive therapy

The circadian rhythms of the cardiovascular system are related to the risk of events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. The so-called ‘morning surge’ in...

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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:282-6

The National Cholesterol Education Program III scoring system for CHD risk estimation cannot be used with European recommendations

To target statin therapy effectively in primary coronary heart disease (CHD) prevention, recommendations increasingly advocate the assessment of absolute CHD risk. Using methods from two...

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EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:261-2

Living with an ICD – the price of saving a life

Most treatments administered to patients act to relieve symptoms. But in the name of saving life, having an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leaves the patient...

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