2008, Volume 15, Issue 03, pages 113-168

The needs and aspirations of the UK’s junior doctors have not been far from the headlines since the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS)/Modernising Medical Careers...

A key component of the UK General Medical Services (GMS) contract, which was implemented in April 2004, is the quality and outcomes framework...

Practice-based commissioning (PBC) achieved universal coverage by the end of 2006 according to the Department of Health (DoH).1 So here we are well in to...

The 2008 American College of Cardiology meeting was held jointly with the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Meeting on March 29th – April...

The fourth annual survey from the British Junior Cardiologists Association (BJCA) reports at a time of restructuring of higher specialist training in the UK. Cardiology...

The JUPITER trial of rosuvastatin versus placebo has been stopped early because of “unequivocal evidence” of a reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with the...

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,...

Despite the major role of primary care in the management of people with, or at risk of developing, cardiovascular disease, little is known about the...

Patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves require oral anticoagulation to reduce the risk of thromboembolic events, but this can be complicated by anticoagulant-associated intracerebral haemorrhage...

The British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Education Committee has published a minimum dataset of 24 views for acquiring a standard adult transthoracic echocardiogram. To establish...

In a retrospective longitudinal cohort study of 111 consecutive patients with suspected left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) referred for open-access echocardiography, patient’s views at one-year...

The incidence of statin intolerance due to non-severe side effects is estimated to be 5–10%. As an increasing number of patients become eligible for lipid-lowering...

Risk stratification is important in the assessment of cardiac patients enrolled in physical training programmes but is often based on inadequate information. Measuring blood B-type...

Correction of thyroid hormone levels using thyroxine can have important cardiac implications. We report a case of myocardial infarction following rapid up-titration of...

Atherothrombosis is a leading cause of death worldwide. The REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry aims to evaluate the long-term risk of atherothrombotic...