Waiting time targets are achievable, says Department of Health -- Hargreaves 334 (7590): 389 -- BMJ
Government Wants NHS Operations in Evenings
Progressive management of atrial fibrillation for optimal control: Novel agents and interventions
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A 73-year-old man with stable coronary artery disease, hypertension, and chronic renal insufficiency presents with recurrent atrial fibrillation at 80 to 90 ...
Cost effectiveness of clinically appropriate decisions on alternative treatments for angina pectoris: prospective observational study -- Griffin et al., 10.1136/bmj.39129.442164.55 -- BMJ
Postpartum High Cardiac Risk Time for Women With Long QT
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Hypertrophy into heart failure: Is preserving angiogenesis key to ...
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NetDoctor.co.uk - Daily news heart attack oxygen use critisised.
http://www2.netdoctor.co.uk/news/index.asp?y=2007&m=3&d=5&id=126297
Transcendental Meditation Reduces Congestive Heart Failure, New Study Show
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64345&nfid=nl
Heart Attacks Can Give Couples A New Lease Of Life, Says Study
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64247&nfid=nl
Whole-Grain Cereals Cut Heart Failure
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/553086?sssdmh=dm1.252136&src=nlpatient
Radioiodine treatment of hyperthyroidism -- Toft and Sandeep 334 (7592): 483 -- BMJ
Nhs walk in centres do not cut waiting times
BMJ -- Press Releases
http://www.bmj.com/content/vol334/issue7592/press_release.dtl#2
Who hasn't had the experience, either as a patient or a doctor (or both) of wasted time or resources because of a missing patient record? I thought I knew that one of the virtues of having nationalised health care was a unified medical record system that eliminated such problems. Not so, says Tessa Richards in her column this week (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39146.615081.599). She actually cites large American health systems such as Kaiser Permanente as models of seamless access by patients, primary care doctors, and specialists to medical records. I didn't know we were leading the UK in anything health related except the number of coronary artery stents placed.
ECG Abnormalities Linked With CVD Events in Women
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Heart attack, heart disease, and cholesterol information from iVillage Total Health - Heart Health
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MedlinePlus: Weekend Heart Attacks Can Be Deadlier
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_46581.html
Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea May Be Common in Patients With Pacemakers
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/553591?sssdmh=dm1.255185&src=nldne
MedlinePlus: Screening spots heart trouble in student-athletes
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_46611.html
Caffeine May Protect Against CVD Death in Older Subjects Without Htn
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Long-Lived Parents Lower CV Risk
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Genetic Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation in patients with Congestive heart failure. Dec 2006 the heart.org
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Chest compressions only best for resuscitation in cardiac arrest patients the heart.org
http://www.theheart.org/viewArticle.do?primaryKey=776513&nl_id=tho16mar07
MedlinePlus: For Heart Attack Victims, Skip the Mouth-to-Mouth
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_46690.html
Why the UK's Medical Training Application Service failed -- Delamothe 334 (7593): 543 -- BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/334/7593/543?etoc
HHH HEALTH Blair
Published 14 Mar 2007 - 06:02
By Andrew Woodcock, PA Chief Political Correspondent
Page 1: 06:02
Prime Minister Tony Blair will today meet some of the frontline NHS staff who have helped prevent more than 100,000 deaths from coronary heart disease since 1997, as well as some of the patients whose lives have been saved.
Mr Blair will say that the combination of NHS reform and more than £700 million in additional investment since 1997 has put the Government well on track to meeting two years early its 2010 target of ensuring 40% of coronary heart disease sufferers do not die prematurely.
When Labour took office, CHD patients could wait up to two years for treatment, but now no one waits more than three months for heart surgery, he will say.
Speaking in advance of today's event at 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister said: "In 10 years, the debate about the NHS has gone from one about its very survival as an institution to one about the quality of care which it delivers.
"Our progress in cutting deaths from heart disease illustrates this transition perfectly. This has been achieved through a combination of radical reforms and historic investment in the NHS.
"We seldom have the chance to hear directly from the people who have benefited from the work of the NHS. Through the hard work of people like the staff I am meeting today we have prevented more than 100,000 deaths. That's more than 100,000 families who have avoided a bereavement.
"When politicians start their careers they hope to change the lives of the people they represent. In this Government, we have been able to do just that. Hearing the stories of the people who I am meeting today is, quite literally, one of the reasons why I and many other ministers came into politics."
The lives of around 107,000 CHD patients have been saved between 1996 and 2005, out of a total 150,000 lives saved from cardiovascular disease, including CHD, stroke and related conditions, said Downing Street.
There are twice the number of heart operations as in 1997 as well as increased preventative work. More patients now enjoy post operative support and care in community settings, allowing them to recover in their own homes.
The number of consultant cardiologists has increased from 467 to 725 between 1999 and 2005, while the number of heart surgeons has increased from 182 to 238 over the same period.
The Department of Health's heart tsar, Professor Roger Boyle, said: "Patients have seen massive improvements in care thanks to record investment - standards are rising and variations in services are being eradicated.
"The NHS has embraced the CHD National Service Framework, working to improve services and save lives. With the death rate from circulatory diseases falling by nearly 36%, we are due to meet our target two years early.
"But success breeds challenge - as more lives are saved from heart attacks, more people are living with slightly damaged hearts. The NHS needs to make sure that it is providing good rehabilitation services - we know that specialised support in the community and care at home makes a major difference for heart attack survivors."
Prof Boyle will join clinicians and patients in describing coronary care to the Prime Minister, and demonstrating the use of defibrillators, a piece of kit which saves lives by restarting the heart with an electric shock.
Some 3,000 defibrillators are now installed in public places like railway stations and have saved more than 93 lives over the last few years.
The Prime Minister will also learn about the importance of educating middle-aged men to recognise and respond to chest pain and how paramedics are now trained to diagnose and treat patients before they reach hospital.
Advanced kit in ambulances now means a patient can bypass A&E and be taken directly to specialist units for angioplasty, a minimally intrusive balloon technique that unblocks arteries.
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E-Journal - Volume 5 - Off pump coronary surgery: benefits and indications.
http://www.escardio.org/knowledge/cardiology_practice/ejournal_vol5/vol5n25.htm?hit=men12
Coated stents falter again
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Guideline calls for better treatment of atrial fibrillation -- Mayor 333 (7572): 772 -- BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/333/7572/772-b
New arrhythmias after non-cardiothoracic surgery -- Walsh et al. 333 (7571): 715 -- BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/333/7571/715
Coronary revascularisation -- Taggart 334 (7594): 593 -- BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/334/7594/593
Long QT Syndrome in Adults
http://www.cardiosource.com/expertopinions/hottopics/article.asp?paperID=254
MEDSCAPE TODAY 27.3.07 Stent-Vs-Surgery Arguments Rage
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/554051?sssdmh=dm1.257323&src=nldne
T-wave test helps identify patients for ICD
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MEDSCAPE NEWS TODAY
First Patient Enrolled In RAPID MI-ICE Study Employing InnerCool's Endovascular Temperature Modulation Therapy For Heart Attack
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Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE – Presented at ACC 2007)
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http://www.incirculation.net/3430_86388.aspx?parentaid=86306
International health community watching Newmarket hospital
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... for cardiac patients and reduces exposure to x-rays. It targets people who suffer from debilitating and potentially life-threatening arrhythmias. ...
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