All Heart failure articles
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Key learning pointsKey learning points: NICE chronic heart failure
Dr Clare Taylor and Dr Jim Moore highlight five key learning points to take away from the updated NICE guideline on chronic heart failure in adults
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Implementing guidelines
SIGN updates advice on drug therapy in chronic heart failure
Dr Alan Begg explores evidence-based guidance from SIGN on diagnosis, lifestyle modification, and interventions in chronic heart failure
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NICE quality standard article
Adults with stable CHF should be reviewed every 6 months
Dr Alan Begg explores how NICE’s modified quality standard on chronic heart failure in adults will address priority aspects of care and management
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Top tips
Top tips: COPD and comorbidities
Dr Sunny Kaul shares some key points for primary management of patients with COPD and common comorbidities
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Implementing guidelines
Acute heart failure: new guideline will help to improve outcomes
Dr Andrew Ludman (pictured) and Professor Jonathan Mant describe significant changes to the structure of care and standard treatment of patients with acute heart failure
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NICE quality standard article
Treatment of angina is based on likelihood of coronary artery disease
Dr Jonathan Shribman outlines the statements from the NICE quality standard for stable angina and how they relate to previous guidance and clinical practice
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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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Implementing guidelines
Quick diagnosis of heart failure will help prevent high mortality rates
Dr Abdallah Al-Mohammad and Professor Jonathan Mant discuss the updated NICE recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure
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Personal view
Measuring BNP levels will help streamline HF referrals
The updated NICE guideline will improve appropriate referral of patients with suspected heart failure, says DrNigel Rowell
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GMS contract
Heart failure indicators for QOF 2009/10 reflect latest evidence
Dr Alan Begg discusses the changes in the quality and outcomes framework for coronary heart disease and heart failure, and how to achieve points in these areas
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Personal view
Fish oil supplements benefit patients with heart failure
Dr Alan Begg discusses results of the GISSI trials and the use of omega-3-acid ethyl esters for prevention and treatment of CHD
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Personal view
SIGN updates treatment recommendations for CHF
Chronic heart failure is both common and complex, and Dr Peter Savill advises GPs to review this modified SIGN guideline
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Implementing guidelines
New guideline from SIGN will support GPs in treating CHF
Dr Jacob George and Professor Allan Struthers outline the key recommendations for primary care to provide effective diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure
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Personal view
SIGN publishes guidance on CHD and CVD
Key recommendations for GPs are cost effective, comments Dr Alan Begg, member of the Guidelines in Practice Editorial Board
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Good practice initiative
Community heart failure service benefits patients and doctors
A team from Medway PCT has designed a nurse-led heart failure – a successful initiative for which they received the overall Guidelines in Practice Award 2006
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GMS contract
Heart failure patients will benefit from additions to the QOF
Dr Alan Begg discusses the rationale and evidence base for the new indicators for heart failure and the revised indicators for CHD in QOF2
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Implementing guidelines
NICE guideline will improve heart failure management
NICE recommendations on heart failure will improve diagnosis and treatment as well as reduce regional variation in quality of care, says Professor Martin Cowie
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Personal view
Listening to patients helps improve heart failure care
Patients’ views were vital in developing the NICE guideline, says Victoria Thomas of the Patient Involvement Unit for NICE
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Implementing guidelines
Revised ESC guidelines aim to improve the management of CHF
The ESC's updated heart failure guidelines are timely and authoritative and should help promote evidence-based practice, says Dr Andrew Clark
