Tag Archives: primary health care
November 2023 Br J Cardiol 2023;30(suppl 3):S3–S12 doi:10.5837/bjc.2023.s10
Inspiring change within the NHS to improve collaborative working and patient care across CVD
Ahmet Fuat, Chris Gale, Guy Lloyd, Helen Williams, Jim Moore, Trudie Lobban, Vijay Kunadian, Wajid Hussain
Faculty Faculty member Affiliation Professor Ahmet Fuat PCCS Council Member and GPSI Cardiology, County Durham Professor Chris Gale Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, University of Leeds Dr Guy Lloyd Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre and Honorary Secretary, BCS Helen Williams National Specialty Adviser for CVD Prevention, NHSE & NHSI and Consultant Pharmacist for CVD, SE London CCG and UCL Partners Dr Jim Moore President of the PCCS and GPSI Cardiology, Gloucestershire Trudie Lobban, MBE Founder of the AF Association Professor Vijay Kunadian Professor of Interventional
January 2021 Br J Cardiol 2021;28:11–3 doi:10.5837/bjc.2021.005
Evaluating the use of a mobile device for detection of atrial fibrillation in primary care
Patrick J Highton, Amit Mistri, Andre Ng, Karen Glover, Kamlesh Khunti, Samuel Seidu
Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) presents as an abnormal cardiac rhythm characterised by an irregular or abnormally fast (>100 bpm) resting heart rate (HR). AF risk factors include increasing age, diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease.1 AF increases stroke risk by roughly fivefold, greater than the risk elicited by hypertension, coronary artery disease or previous heart failure.2 AF-related stroke patients experience greater mortality rates, disability, hospitalisation time and healthcare costs relative to non-AF stroke patients.3 The East Midlands primary healthcare services comprise 19 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG
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