2011, Volume 18, Supplement 3: The management of stable angina – a perspective on recent guidance

About two million people in England are believed to have (or to have had) angina: unlike other forms of coronary artery disease, angina is not declining in incidence.1 Further, studies from primary care indicate that patients with a diagnosis of angina may have an annual cardiovascular death rate as high as 6.5%.2...

Dr Chris Arden gives a perspective from primary care on the recent NICE guidance...

Professor Kim Fox offers a perspective from secondary care on the recommendation for optimal medical management in the recent NICE guidance...

Drs Thornton-Chan and colleagues write about how well patients with coronary artery disease are being managed in the real world...