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November 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:151–4 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.039
Peregrine Green, Stephanie Jordan, Julian O M Ormerod, Douglas Haynes, Iwan Harries, Steve Ramcharitar, Paul Foley, William McCrea, Andy Beale, Badri Chandrasekaran, Edward Barnes
Introduction The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline 95 (CG95) was published in March 2010 and offers guidance to National Health Service (NHS) institutions on the further investigation of possible diagnoses of stable angina, based on pretest probability of coronary artery disease (CAD).1 Some recommendations were controversial, however, including the recommendation that patients with a very high risk of CAD (>90%) could be treated without further routine investigation with invasive coronary angiography. In addition, use of computed tomography (CT) calcium scoring or CT coronary angiography (CTCA) is
November 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:155–8 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.040
Shabnam Rashid, Stephanie Hughes
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October 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:128 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.031
Francis White
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October 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:151–4 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.032
Thomas Green, Kaushiki Singh, Hugh F McIntyre
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October 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:148–50 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.033
Freya M Lodge, Julie Phillips, Tristan Groves, Zaheer R Yousef
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August 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:91–2 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.027
John B Chambers, Martin H Thornhill, Mark Dayer, David Shanson
This change followed approaches to Sir Andrew Dillon by the widow of a patient with a replacement aortic valve who died from infective endocarditis (IE) developing after unprotected dental scaling. Her case included: evidence that antibiotic prophylaxis is effective in people at high risk of IE having high-risk dental procedures;3 the observation that the incidence of IE in the UK has accelerated above the global background rise since the original 2008 NICE guidance;4 a change in the law on consent.5-7 It is now necessary for dentists to appraise their patient of the differences between NICE and other guidelines, if it is likely that they
August 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:110–3 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.028
Peregrine Green, Paul Frobisher, Steve Ramcharitar
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June 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:45–6 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.018
Christine Wright, Ranil de Silva
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June 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:73–7 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.021
Amir S Anwar, Yawer Saeed, Aly Zaki, Sanjiv Petkar, Sarah Collitt, Nicola Rice, Pam Iddon, Adam P Fitzpatrick
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March 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:33 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.010
Lesley Kavi, Michaela Nuttall, David A Low, Morwenna Opie, Lorna M Nicholson, Edward Caldow, Julia L Newton
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