November 2018 Br J Cardiol 2018;25:131–132
BJC Staff
Abstract
The new guideline includes new and updated recommendations on:
role of the specialist HF multidisciplinary team
diagnosing heart failure and giving information to people with HF
managing all types of heart failure
treating heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, including people who also have chronic kidney disease
monitoring treatment for all types of heart failure
interventional procedures
cardiac rehabilitation and palliative care.
Full guidance can be accessed at: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng106
Nurse audit
The first heart failure nurse audit has been published by the Pumping Marvellous Foundation, the main heart failure patient c
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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
Abstract
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
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