2004, Volume 11, Issue 06, pages 413-496
CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:495-6
The Calman Review of 1998 recognised that continuing medical education through the postgraduate education allowance scheme (PGEA) had failed to deliver improvements in patient care....
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:492-4
Palpitations are a common complaint. It is useful for the GP to determine which are benign and which are potentially life-threatening and require urgent referral.
Two...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:487-91
Audits of cholesterol management in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) demonstrate that many patients do not achieve targets set out in national guidelines. Under-treatment...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:483-5
Five-fluorouracil (5-FU) is commonly used to treat
solid tumours, and in palliative and adjuvant
chemotherapy. The agent 5-FU is being used in
ever-increasing dosage, and...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:479-82
Carotid artery disease is a major cause of stroke. Carotid endarterectomy when performed with a low complication rate in patients with severe lesions has been...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:478
This image shows a non-communicative atrial septal aneurysm (ASA),
as seen on trans-oesophageal echocardiography, in a 57-year-old man
with multiple cerebral and pulmonary emboli. He was...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:474-7
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest sustained cardiac arrhythmia and a significant cause of hospital admission, morbidity and mortality. AF significantly increases the risk of...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:468-73
The objective of this study was to examine the association of delusional and real memories for events with both the pre-operative and early post-operative clinical...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:462-66
The objective of this study was to examine the association of delusional and real memories for events with both the pre-operative and early post-operative clinical...
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CLINICAL ARTICLE
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:455-60
Diabetes is associated with the development of premature cardiovascular disease. In the three early trials of statin therapy for patients with established coronary heart disease...
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EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:449-54
Statins are prescribed worldwide for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and also for those at risk of developing atherosclerotic vascular disease. They represent a...
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EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:425-6
Over the last decade improvements in the anaesthetic,
medical and surgical management of patients
undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG), along with refinements in cardiopulmonary...
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EDITORIAL
Br J Cardiol 2004;11:421-3
A recent report in the British Medical Journal has
suggested that the incidence of myocardial infarctions
has only plateaued with the rise in statin prescriptions...
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