2006, Volume 13, Issue 03, pages 157-224

How much would you pay for an extra year of life? What if it was only a few months or even a few weeks? How...

NICE issues guidance on smoking cessation and physical activity World Heart Day to focus on diet and exercise for a ‘young’...

The 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) was held in New York, US from May 16th-20th, 2006. Dr Martin Godfrey...

Miniaturisation of machines has allowed echocardiography to be performed in the community as well as anywhere in the hospital. It has led to an expansion...

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) affects about one in 500 in the UK population. There are no symptoms or signs of raised cholesterol in children and so...

The effectiveness of rosuvastatin in improving lipid measurements and achieving guideline target levels in patients has been demonstrated in short-term randomised clinical trials. The Framingham...

Although levels of total cholesterol are similar between populations with and without diabetes, there are important differences in lipid sub- fractions, with diabetic dyslipidaemia characterised...

A major concern in cardiology in the UK has been the waiting times for patients referred from primary care to secondary care, which are often...

Cardiac angiosarcomas are malignant tumours that are rare, often with non-specific symptoms. They almost always have a rapid and fatal evolution, making diagnosis challenging. Therapeutic...

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines in the UK state that suspected heart failure patients should have an ECG in order to...

The study documents general practitioner (GP) consultations before and after a primary, acute myocardial infarction (MI) and examines how these relate to psychological distress. Data...