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Making sense of heart failure and its treatment

Heart failure is a high priority in primary care, with the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease, the NICE Heart Failure Guidance, and the new General Medical Services contract quality indicators all setting clear standards for improving the management of patients with this increasingly common condition. This four-page pull-out supplement provides you with a need-to-know, need-to-keep guide.

Getting it right – how to measure BP in the surgery

It’s something that we do so often, but are we always doing it the best way? Check out how to measure blood pressure (BP) correctly, with latest advice from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and the British Hypertension Society.

New British Hypertension Society guidelines tighten cardiovascular risk management

New British Hypertension Society (BHS) guidelines on hypertension focus on cardiovascular risk rather than risk of coronary heart disease, in order to improve the prevention of stroke as well as heart disease.

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