Tag Archives: heart failure
January 2008 Br J Cardiol 2008;15:35-9
Evaluation of an open-access heart failure service spanning primary and secondary care
Kiran CR Patel, Jennifer Prince, Seema Mirza, Lucy Edmonds, Rachel Duncan, Joanna Parry, Sally Jerome, John Wozniak, Nic Anfilogoff, Michael Frenneaux, Michael K Davies
Introduction Heart failure (HF) is common and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Forty per cent of patients with symptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) die within a year of diagnosis and 10% per annum thereafter, giving a five-year mortality rate of up to 70%.1 Estimates of the prevalence of symptomatic HF in the general European population range from 0.4–2%,2-4 with half of these patients suffering from LVSD and half from left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD).3,5 HF consumes nearly 2% of National Health Service (NHS) resources (a figure which will inevitably increase with the advent of relatively e
November 2007 Br J Cardiol 2007;14:275-79
Improving access to financial support for heart failure patients: understanding the claims process and the doctors’ role
Christopher Ward
Easily accessible routine clinical data are summarised that identify patients whose claims are most likely to succeed. Introduction Dr Christopher Ward The financial difficulties of the NHS, including those of cardiac services, are often highlighted in the medical press. However, patients’ financial problems are rarely addressed and the specific issue of helping heart failure patients to obtain their financial entitlements has never been discussed in the Journals. It is now widely accepted that patients with heart failure have similar needs for supportive and palliative care as do patients with cancer: to control physical and psychologica
July 2006 Br J Cardiol 2006;13:283
Palliative care in heart failure – a neglected area in specialist training?
Yasmin Ismail, Elizabeth McNeill, Mandie Townsend, Thomas MacConnell
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July 2006 Br J Cardiol 2006;13:297-300
How well informed are general practitioners about management strategies to improve the prognosis of heart failure?
Archana Rao, John Walsh, David Gray
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November 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:448-55
Possible clinical implications of the Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol (CIBIS) III trial
Ronnie Willenheimer, Bernard Silke
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November 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:443-6
Aldosterone blockade in heart failure
Iain Squire
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November 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:441
Progress in cardiology in northern England?
Klaus KA Witte, Andrew L Clark
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September 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:333-5
Current and future status of left ventricular assist devices in the UK
Emma J Birks
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July 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:313-7
Additional benefits versus practicalities of beta-blocker use in CHF patients: the ‘some is better than none’ rule
Graham Archard
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May 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:240-3
Heart failure management in primary care – the story so far
Sarah Jarvis
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