Search Tag: Guidelines

2016 20 Sep

A review of 17 primary prevention guidelines on adult cardiovascular risk assessment shows considerable variation among different recommendations on performing cardiovascular disease risk screening, risk stratification and treatment. Results are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. While the review shows consensus on performing cardiovascular...Read more

2016 08 Feb

Nanette K. Wenger, MD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Emeritus, Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA), has published a clear and concise review article on how to apply the many new and continuously updated guidelines for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and reducing CVD risk factors in women. The article titled  Juggling Multiple...Read more

2015 17 Feb

Coronary patients in Europe are not meeting lifestyle, therapeutic and risk factor targets after hospitalisation A new approach to the secondary prevention of coronary disease is called for The large majority of coronary patients in Europe are failing to achieve their lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic targets as set out in the latest prevention...Read more

2014 28 May

A study in the May 28 issue of JAMA analyses variations in over 600 recommendations for practice guidelines by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) published or revised since 1998. All of the recommendations were class I, referring to procedures and treatments which should be performed or administered. Those recommendations,...Read more

2013 12 Dec

With heart failure being a significant cause of childhood health conditions and death, new guidelines have been issued in order to assist healthcare providers both in the emergency departments and primary care to identify and treat heart failure in children with undiagnosed heart disease and symptoms of possible heart failure. Developed by...Read more