2006, Volume 13, Issue 06, pages 373-440

The benefits of statins for both primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) are limited mainly to patients under 80. We examined the...

If you speak to any general practitioner (GP) in the next few months, there are three letters that will be occupying his or her mind:...

Statins represent the cornerstone of lipid-lowering therapy in patients with or at high risk of premature premature cardio vascular disease (CVD) but even among those...

Italian public smoking ban leads to fall in MI rates New cardio-renal group launched Community-based intervention shows promise New editorial board...

We report the highlights from this year’s American Heart Association (AHA) meeting held in Chicago, Ohio, US, from November 11th-16th, 2006. These included studies showing...

An abundance of new information on the controversy surrounding drug-eluting stents was presented and discussed at the Transcatheter and Therapeutics (TCT) meeting held in Washington...

We continue our series in which Consultant Interventionist Dr Michael Norell takes a sideways look at life in the cath lab...and beyond. In this column,...

Cardiac disease has emerged as the leading cause of maternal death during pregnancy in the UK. Its incidence has been rising in the past two...

Smoking cessation substantially reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in the prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular events. Current first-line therapies include nicotine replacement therapy...

Clinical guidelines focus on statins for dyslipidaemia management for prevention of cardiovascular disease. It is clear, however, that there remains an unacceptably high residual risk...

Patients with Eisenmenger syndrome generally die prematurely from complications directly due to their pulmonary hypertension and cyanosis, or due to intercurrent events that are poorly...

The European Resuscitation Council guidelines for the management of cardiac arrest have been updated. The following commentary discusses the major changes, the evidence on which...

This short report looks at the incidence of vitamin D deficiency, which is an important problem in patients who take amiodarone and also in those...

This case report discusses a 54-year-old woman who presented to hospital with recurrent bilateral pleural effusions. She was eventually found to have constrictive pericarditis secondary...

This study set out to assess whether the effectiveness and tolerability of lercanidipine for the treatment of essential hypertension in daily clinical practice is affected...