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Cardiovascular Horizon Scanning Volume 3 Issue 2
Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease
Exercise on prescription: changes in physical activity and health-related quality of life
Efficacy of quantified home-based exercise and supervised exercise
Improving cardiovascular health at population level
NHS failing to screen for deadly heart condition
Considerable uncertainty remains in the evidence for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Parental history and myocardial infarction
The association of breast arterial calcification and coronary heart disease
Conventional versus automated measurement of blood pressure in primary care
Early life socioeconomic adversity is associated in adult life with chronic inflammation, carotid artherosclerosis, poorer lung function and decreased cognitive performance: a cross-sectional, population-based study
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Cardiovascular Horizon Scanning Volume 3 Issue 2
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST
Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Volume 3 Issue 2
Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease
Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:37 AM PST
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, issue 1
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Date of publication: January 2011
Publication type: Systematic review
In a nutshell: The evidence from this Cochrane systematic review suggests that multiple risk factor interventions using counselling and educational methods to change behaviour do not reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and morbidity. However, they may be effective in reducing mortality in high-risk hypertensive and diabetic populations. It concludes that health promotion interventions have limited use in general populations.
Length of publication: 175 pages
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: behaviour change, CHD, health promotion, risk factors
Exercise on prescription: changes in physical activity and health-related quality of life
Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:06 AM PST
Source: European Journal of Public Health, 2011, 21 (1), p. 56-62
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Date of publication: January 2011
Publication type: Research
In a nutshell: This study analysed changes in physical activity among participants of five Exercise on Prescription (EoP) programmes in Denmark. EoP helped to contribute to improved levels of physical activity and health-related quality of life.
Length of publication: 7 pages
Some important notes: You will need an NHS Athens username and password to access this article. Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Physical activity, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: behaviour change, Exercise, lifestyle
Efficacy of quantified home-based exercise and supervised exercise
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:49 AM PST
Source: Circulation, 2011, 123 (5) p. 491-498
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Date of publication: February 2011
Publication type: Research
In a nutshell: This clinical trial compared home-based and supervised exercise programmes among peripheral artery disease patients. The results of the study found that a home-based exercise programme had high adherence and was effective in improving claudication measures and increasing daily ambulatory activity.
Length of publication: 8 pages
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Acknowledgement: American Heart AssociationFiled under: Cardiovascular diseases, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: claudication, peripheral artery disease, Physical activity
Improving cardiovascular health at population level
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:25 AM PST
Source: BMJ 2011; 342:d442 (Online First)
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Date of publication: February 2011
Publication type: Research
In a nutshell: The Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) was implemented as an intervention to reduce morbidity from cardiovascular disease among older adults in 39 communities in Canada. This collaborative, community-based health promotion and prevention programme was found to reduce cardiovascular morbidity at a population level.
Length of publication: 8 pages
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Canada, Cardiovascular diseases, Prevention, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: community-based programmes, education, health promotion, Risk assessment
NHS failing to screen for deadly heart condition
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST
Source: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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Date of publication: January 2011
Publication type: Press release
In a nutshell: 100.000 people are at risk of developing familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) as trusts fail to act on NICE guidelines which call for early diagnosis. A UK-wide audit found that very few families were systematically genetically screened for the inherited condition.
Length of publication: 1 webpage
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Diagnosis, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: familial hypercholesterolaemia, family history, genetics, screening
Considerable uncertainty remains in the evidence for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:30 AM PST
Source: The Cochrane Library
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Date of publication: 14 January 2011
Publication type: Editorial
In a nutshell: This editorial is written by Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, and Clinical Reader in the Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. It is based on the evidence from two new Cochrane reviews of preventive strategies: multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of CHD, and statins for the primary prevention of CVD.
Length of publication: 1 web page
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Prevention, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: evidence, preventative services, Prevention
Parental history and myocardial infarction
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST
Source: Reuters 27.1.11
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Date of publication: 27 January 2011
Publication type: News item
In a nutshell: Reports on the findings of the INTERHEART study, published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12 000 participants from 52 countries were studied, and across all nationalities, the risk of heart disease was almost doubled in those with a family history of heart attack.
Length of publication: 1 web page
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Acknowledgement: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), 2011, 57, pp 619-627Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: family history, risk factors
The association of breast arterial calcification and coronary heart disease
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST
Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2011, 117 (2 part 1) p. 233-241
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Date of publication: February 2011
Publication type: Research
In a nutshell: The objective of this study was to determine whether mammography could be an early prediction tool for the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). The study found that the presence of breast arterial calcifications on mammograms indicated a significantly increased risk of developing CHD or a stroke, and could therefore be used as a marker.
Length of publication: 9 pages
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Prevention, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: CHD, mammography, risk markers, risk prediction tools
Conventional versus automated measurement of blood pressure in primary care
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:23 AM PST
Source: BMJ 2011;342:d286 (Online First)
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Date of publication: 7th February 2011
Publication type: Research
In a nutshell: The objective of this randomised controlled trial was to compare the quality and accuracy of manual office blood pressure and automated office blood pressure. Primary care practices in five Canadian cities were randomly allocated to the use of either manual or automated office blood pressure.
Length of publication: 9 pages
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Canada, Cardiovascular diseases, Prevention, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: BP monitoring
Early life socioeconomic adversity is associated in adult life with chronic inflammation, carotid artherosclerosis, poorer lung function and decreased cognitive performance: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 07:14 AM PST
Source: BMC Public Health, 2011, 11:42
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Date of publication: 17 January 2011
Publication type: Journal article
In a nutshell: The Scottish Psychosocial and Biological Determinants of Ill-health (pSoBid) Study was conducted to examine links between early life adversity, intermediary phenotypes and markers of ill-health in adulthood, including artherosclerosis.
Length of publication: 16 pages
Some important notes: Please contact your local NHS library if you cannot access the full text. Follow this link to find your local NHS library.Filed under: Cardiovascular diseases, Volume 3 Issue 2 Tagged: health inequalities, risk factors
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Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:44 AM PST
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