All Coronary heart disease articles
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Implementing guidelinesCardiac arrhythmia: risk factors for heart disease need to be addressed
Dr Alan Begg summarises recommendations in SIGN’s latest guidance on cardiac arrhythmias that are relevant to primary care and highlights some major advances in treatment
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GMS contract
CHD indicators provide more detail on treatment of MI
Dr Alan Begg discusses the revised quality and outcomes framework indicators for coronary heart disease and how national guidance relates to these targets
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GMS contract
The clinical indicators: secondary prevention of CHD one year on
How successful has the nGMS contract been in raising standards of CHD care? Dr Alan Begg discusses the progress his practice has made during the first year
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Personal view
Framingham risk scores fail to predict CHD events
The applicability of Framingham data to Britain has been questioned. Dr Matthew Lockyer discusses the implications
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GMS contract
Tackling the clinical indicators: secondary prevention of CHD
By introducing incentives to achieve clinical indicators for secondary prevention, the new GMS contract will raise standards of CHD care, says Dr Alan Begg
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Good practice initiative
CHD audit will help improve care for patients following MI
Good data collection is important in ensuring that audit results are translated into improved care for patients, as Dr Nigel Watson explains
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Good practice initiative
Specialist nurses play key role in implementing the NSF for CHD
Dr Stewart Findlay discusses his teamÍs strategy to implement the NSF for coronary heart disease across Durham Dales Primary Care Trust
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Good practice initiative
Tackling the NSF for coronary heart disease
Dr Mark Cottrill welcomes the new BSG guidelines on IBS which recommend primary care management
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Good practice initiative
Intensive approach to CHD management proves effective
Nurse practitioner Julia Bennett describes a practice initiative to introduce a CHD clinic and patient-held record cards in line with the NSF for CHD
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Good practice initiative
New cardiovascular risk score includes stroke and CHD
GP Dr David Archer tries out an innovative tool for assessing cardiovascular risk based on routinely available information
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Implementing guidelines
SIGN guideline on stable angina could reduce CHD deaths
New SIGN guidance aims to increase awareness, among both doctors and patients, of the importance of angina as a symptom of coronary heart disease, explains Dr Charles Swainson
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Implementing guidelines
Treating hypertension in older people could reduce strokes and CHD
New SIGN guidance emphasises that treating hypertension in the over-60s effectively can significantly reduce cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events, explains Dr Ron MacWalter
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Good practice initiative
Practice audit points the way to improved monitoring of CHD
Dr Nigel Watson describes an audit carried out in his practice to improve the care of CHD patients and hence reduce the associated mortality and morbidity
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Personal view
CHD patient education morning proves popular
Nurse practitioner Julia Bennett describes a successful health education day held to support NSF CHD recommendations
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Good practice initiative
PCG initiative supports the development of practice CHD registers
Clinical governance lead Dr Paul Twomey describes how his PCG set up a successful programe to facilitate implementation of the NSF for CHD in North East Lincolnshire
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Personal view
GPs need extra funding to carry out CHD audits
Dr Matthew Lockyer, general practitioner, Suffolk
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Good practice initiative
CHD database holds the key to secondary prevention
Dr Hamish Dougall and Professor Frank Sullivan describe the Tayside initiative to tackle secondary prevention of CHD
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Personal view
NSF will help GPs improve standards of CHD care
Dr Mark Davis, GP member of the National Service Framework external reference group
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Hot topic
Joint guidelines promote unified approach to CHD prevention
Professor David Wood explains why an integrated strategy involving both primary and secondary care is essential to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease
