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Objective To evaluate the use of a computerised support system for decision making for implementing evidence based clinical guidelines for the management of asthma and angina in adults in primary [...]

Introduction Tudor Hart enunciated the sad fact that 'the availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served'; often summarised as [...]

This is the last of three articles on developing evidence based guidelines for the primary care management of asthma and angina in adults The aim of this guideline is to [...]

In the past 12 months there have been many advances in our understanding of how to treat heart disease. In the first part of this two part review we summarise […]

Objective--To assess the value of health education for patients with angina in reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and lessening the effect of angina on everyday activities. Design--Randomised controlled trial [...]

The term 'angina pectoris' was introduced by Heberden in 1772 to describe a syndrome characterised by a sensation of 'strangling and anxiety' in the chest. Today, it is used for [...]

In patients with chronic stable angina, the factors influencing the choice of coronary revascularisation therapy (percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass surgery) are varied and complex. The severity of [...]

Use drugs before percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Angina pectoris is a common manifestation of coronary artery disease. Effective treatment was not available until Brunton introduced nitrate of amyl in 1867.[1] [...]

Patients who have angina or have had a heart attack should normally be given a coronary artery stent--as well as balloon angioplasty, if the latter is clinically appropriate--according to new [...]

EDITOR--Gardener et al have raised the issue of barriers to referral in patients with angina, pointing to cultural gaps and perceptions leading to diagnostic confusion and inequality of referral for [...]

Objectives To explore barriers to patients being referred for possible revascularisation. Design Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Participants 16 patients aged under 75 years with stable angina and their doctors. [...]

A 70 year old retired mining engineer was diagnosed as having ischaemic heart disease. His symptoms were noticeably worse in cold weather, limiting his activity tolerance. He started measuring the [...]

Doctors vary greatly in the way they assess and manage angina. (1) The problem is common and serious so valid, clinically useful guidelines are welcome. The North of England Guidelines [...]

An advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration has recommended rejecting transmyocardial revascularisation as a treatment for angina. Currently an experimental treatment of last resort, the two hour procedure [...]

Recent trials have established the prophylactic value of aspirin in patients with stable angina.(1)(2) In the United Kingdom an estimated 22 000 new cases of angina pectoris present yearly, most [...]

An editorial, an authors', and a printer's error occurred in this Recent Advances article by John McMurray and Andrew Rankin (19 November, pp 1343-50). The first category under ACE inhibition [...]