2007, Volume 14, Issue 02, pages 61-120

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) has published five new guidelines on heart disease with the aim of helping reach the Scottish Executive’s target of...

For nearly 40 years it has been suggested that high levels of homocysteine are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and that lowering...

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,...

Peri-operative transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) has become part of the routine management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Its use in guiding not only surgery, but also...

Stress echocardiography has a high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of coronary disease. It is as effective as myocardial perfusion imaging for the stratification of...

This paper is an executive summary of a recent postal survey carried out by the British Society of Echocardiography to guide future...

Individuals with diabetes have an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease and a poorer prognosis once coronary artery disease has developed, compared to patients...

The National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease recommends that psychological support should be offered to those patients who require it. A six-month study carried...

This case describes, for the first time, the appearance of possible cutaneous embolic lesions in the pinna of the ear secondary to infective...

Although the majority of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implants occur without complication, high defibrillation threshold (DFT) can occasionally be a problem. The usual resolution to...

This paper briefly reviews an analysis carried out in the West of Scotland of the Quality and Outcomes Framework data gathered for coronary heart disease...

The report from McCarlie and colleagues in this issue (pages 117–19) on the success of Scottish general practice in achieving cardiovascular disease (CVD) targets for...