Raindrops keep falling on my head’ might have been the theme tune for most of this summer. Hopefully, we might have a drier winter to make up for the downpours we have had over the last few months. But we hope this issue of BJPCN will provide a handy ‘umbrella’ to keep you dry under the storm clouds you might have to face in the day-to-day management of the wide range of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes.
The metabolic syndrome: myth or clinically useful marker?
The European perspective
Leave nothing to chance
A case of severe aortic stenosis
Cardiovascular risk management series: 2 – Using guidelines as a framework for cardiovascular risk management
Reducing the impact of vascular disease: the proposed Vascular Risk Programme for risk assessment and management
Measurement of baseline total cholesterol: new data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database
Ambulatory ECG monitoring in primary care
Cardiac arrhythmia affects more than 700,000 people in England and is consistently in the top ten reasons for hospital admission, consuming significant accident and emergency time and bed days.1 In the general population, arrhythmias are normally quite minor, silent, and typically benign. Symptoms may affect the patient enough to be both disruptive and distressful. In […]
