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Tuesday, 19 October 2010

HEART TO HEART

Heart to Heart Conference
Education and information to help save lives
Saturday October 23rd 2010
Royal College of Pathologists
2 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AF

The cardiac charity SADS UK is holding their Heart to Heart Conference to educate and inspire attendees who may come into contact with families and individuals living with inherited cardiac conditions or who may have been affected by a Sudden Arrhythmic Death (SAD).

The many facets of how people can be identified and treated will be discussed by cardiologists and professionals in emergency care. Heart monitoring to identify abnormal heart rhythms and defibrillators in the community will be discussed.

Key speaker Dr Jasmeet Soar, the Chairman of the Resuscitation Council UK will provide important updates in emergency care and Mark Whitbread, Clinical Director of the London Ambulance service will speak of his work in emergency care.

Eminent cardiologists presenting include Dr Perry Elliott Specialist Cardiologist from the Heart Hospital, London; Dr Jan Till, Consultant Paediatric Electrophysiologist from the Royal Brompton Hospital, London and Dr Dominic Abrams, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts and the London. Updates on cardiac conditions that may be inherited and need careful management will be discussed as well as how children are treated. Several families affected by inherited cardiac conditions and SADS will speak about their experiences and how they have overcome the challenges they’ve faced.
Attendees will learn more about the cardiac pathology network and the SADS Database. Christine Hurst the Chair of the Coroners Officers Association will give the Association’s perspective with regard to the new Coroners Reform.
SADS UKs Heart to Heart Conference will be of great value to Families, Nurses, Doctors, Ambulance Personnel, First Aid trainers, First Responders, Coroners, Coroners Officers, Pathologists and other personnel who’d like to know more about Inherited Cardiac Conditions and SADS.
Contact SADS UK for the complete agenda and booking form.
Tel: 01277 811215 or email: info@sadsuk.org for further information

Thursday, 18 June 2009

CARDIAC EVENT

EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
Delivering World Class Cardiac Services
30th September 2009, London NHS cardiac services are undoubtedly leading the way in successful service improvement. But many remaining challenges must be overcome and sustainable improvement demonstrated before cardiac services can truly be considered world class. To help ensure you have the right strategies and most up-to-date information to drive improvement in your cardiac services, HSJ is delighted to present this important conference.

Friday, 8 May 2009

Upcoming conferences 2009

Cardiac Conference
Location:5 Lakes Golf and Country Club
Date(s):13 May 2009
Time(s):9:45am to 4:30pm
Topics to be covered include
© Cutting Edge of Cardiac Surgery
© Lifestyle / Obesity and Cardiac Risk
© The Irregular Pulse and Atrial Fibrilation (AF)
© Primary Angioplasty
© GUCH
© Simply ECGs………… workshop
© By popular demand – Interactive workshop, infant child and adult resuscitation skills
© Cases We Learnt Most From

For full details click on link
http://www.essexcardiacservices.nhs.uk/page.asp?node=5&action=view_event&tid=917&sec=Events___Meeting_Dates

Public Stroke Awareness Conference
Essex Cardiac and Stroke Network invite you to a Stroke Awareness conference for any Essex residents to find out more about stroke and stroke prevention.
The day will cover topics like:

What is a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) - mini stroke or stroke
Stroke types - clot or bleed, when & why clot busting drugs are used
Patient experience
Stroke services across Essex
The role of The Stroke Association
East of England Ambulance Service (using the FAST method)
What dysphasia means to a stroke survivor
Health promotion and prevention - lifestyle advice

Display stands to browse and collect information
– A full agenda to follow once finalised.
Event Information
Location:5 Lakes Golf and Country Club
Date(s):17 June 2009
Time(s):10am to 4pm
Documents:
Public Stroke Awareness Conference Flyer(131Kb

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Stroke conference in May

Advancing Stroke Services
London
19 May, 2009
Improving the outcomes for stroke sufferers is a key priority for the NHS and a challenge for every stroke service in the UK. In 2009 as Trusts and Networks work to maintain the momentum of change and remain focused on the joint goal of world class integrated stroke services, we are delighted to announce Health Service Journal’s annual Stroke Forum.Bringing delegates top-level speakers, practical case studies and innovative teams showcasing their work in reforming stroke services from across England, Wales and Scotland.
Web: http://www.hsj-stroke.com/
Venue
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Organiser
HSJ
Address:Greater London House, Hampstead Road
Town:London
Postcode:NW1 7EJ
Country:United Kingdom
Contact: Customer Services
Tel:0845 056 8299
Fax:0207 728 5299
E-mail:hsjconferences@emap.com
Web: http://www.hsj.co.uk/

Advancing Stroke Services
19 May 2009, London HSJ is proud to bring you our annual stroke forum, combining knowledge from stroke experts and an unmissable collection of innovative case studies from across the UK. Attend this essential one day stroke conference to discover what you can do for your stroke services in 2009 and beyond.

Capitalising on the Opportunities of Foundation Trust Status
21 May 2009, London Foundation trusts occupy a privileged position at the forefront of NHS service provision. HSJ is delighted to present this essential new forum for FTs and aspirant FTs. By showcasing examples of the most innovative and trailblazing trusts, this conference will equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to drive innovation and high quality care.

Monday, 19 January 2009

Conferences Jan-Mar 2009

Conferences and events for next three months
January 2009
- Cardiovascular Events - Stroke Events - Vascular Events
February 2009
- Cardiovascular Events - Stroke Events - Vascular Events
March 2009
- Cardiovascular Events- Stroke Events - Vascular Events

Monday, 15 December 2008

Cardiovascular, Vascular and Stroke Specialist Libraries e-bulletin

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Cardiovascular Diseases eBulletin August 2008

Cardiovascular Diseases, Vascular and Stroke Specialist Libraries eBulletin: Issue No 34. August 2008
Visit the libraries at : www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular/ www.library.nhs.uk/stroke; www.library.nhs.uk/vascular

In this edition:

New Developments: Vascular Specialist Library
Latest news
Recent publications
Recent additions to the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Hot off the press
Conferences

New developments: Vascular Specialist Library
The Vascular Specialist Library was made live in August. This is to allow us time to gather feedback and make changes prior to the library's official launch at the Vascular Society Annual Conference in Bournemouth 12th - 14th November 2008. A steering group has been set up to help in the development of this library. Details of which can be found on the library about us pages.

The library aims to cover those areas vascular disease not already included in the Stroke and Cardiovascular libraries so that the entire vascular area is covered. We would be pleased for your comment and feedback on the site so far. These can be submitted via the site's feedback form or simple via emailing the Project Manager (see details at end of bulletin).

Visit http://www.library.nhs.uk/vascular .
Latest News:
National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing 20/08/08
National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing 13/08/08
National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing 06/08/08

NHS Choices (Behind the headlines) Aspirin for coronary heart disease 26/08/09
NHS Choices (Behind the headlines) Lunar Phases and Stroke-like symptoms 19/08/09
NHS Choices (Behind the headlines) HRT pill: Tibolone and stroke risk 14/08/09
NHS Choices - (Behind the Headlines): Stopping statins after a heart attack: 04/08/08
NHS Choices - (Behind the Headlines): Garlic and high blood pressure 01/08/08
NHS Choices - (Behind the Headlines): Heart Risk from 2 drinks a day 31/07/08

Recent Publications:
NICE Guidance

- Identification and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia 27/08/2008

Clinical Knowledge Summaries

- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (standard or coxibs) - prescribing issues 16/6/2008
- NSAIDs - prescribing issues: Prescribing an NSAID (standard or coxib) 16/6/2008
American Heart Association Guidance

- Implementation and Integration of Prehospital ECGs Into Systems of Care for Acute Coronary Syndrome 13/08/2008
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents: Recommendations for Standard Assessment 04/08/2008
- Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease 28/07/2008
- Guideline Update on Valvular Heart Disease: Focused Update on Infective Endocarditis 28/07/2008

NHS Improvement

The Heart Improvement Programme have produce some short video clips, vox pops, of team members commenting on their involvement in the improving 18 weeks patient pathways project.

- To view the clips, go to http://www.heart.nhs.uk/18weeks/voxpops.html

They have also added to the 18 weeks online resource tool are a number of case studies from cardiac networks focusing on the delivery of RTT pathways.

- To read the case studies, go to http://www.heart.nhs.uk/18weeks/voxpops.html

National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessments

B French, M Leathley, C Sutton, J McAdam, L Thomas, A Forster, P Langhorne, C Price, A Walker and C Watkins*A systematic review of repetitive functional task practice with modelling of resource use, costs and effectiveness. Health Technol Assess 2008;12(30):1–140

DUETs (Database of uncertainties of Reviews of Effectiveness)

The Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke and Vascular Specialist Libraries team has started to scan DUETs to identify uncertainties.

Follow links to uncertainties identified by DUETs in the last 3 months on Cardiovascular and Stroke.

Department of Health

Learning networks for vascular checks 07/08/2008

This months additions to the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination’s Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and Economic Evaluations Database (EED) (1)

DARE
Svilaas T, van der Horst I C, Zijlstra F. A quantitative estimate of bare-metal stenting compared with balloon angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction: angiographic measures in relation to clinical outcome. Heart 2007; 93(7): 792-800

De Luca G, Suryapranata H, Stone G W, Antoniucci D, Neumann F J, Chiariello M. Adjunctive mechanical devices to prevent distal embolization in patients undergoing mechanical revascularization for acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. American Heart Journal 2007; 153(3): 343-353

Krasopoulos G, Brister S J, Beattie W S, Buchanan M R. Aspirin "resistance" and risk of cardiovascular morbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2008; 336: 195

Sun Z. Diagnostic accuracy of multislice CT angiography in peripheral arterial disease. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2006; 17(12): 1915-1921

Allemann S, Diem P, Egger M, Christ E R, Stettler C. Fibrates in the prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Current Medical Research and Opinion 2006; 22(3): 617-623

Christou M A, Siontis G C, Katritsis D G, Ioannidis J P. Meta-analysis of fractional flow reserve versus quantitative coronary angiography and noninvasive imaging for evaluation of myocardial ischemia. American Journal of Cardiology 2007; 99(4): 450-456

Nasr I A, Bouzamondo A, Hulot J S, Dubourg O, Le Heuzey J Y, Lechat P. Prevention of atrial fibrillation onset by beta-blocker treatment in heart failure: a meta-analysis. European Heart Journal 2007; 28(4): 457-462

Warren O, Mandal K, Hadjianastassiou V, Knowlton L, Panesar S, John K, Darzi A, Athanasiou T. Recombinant activated factor VII in cardiac surgery: a systematic review. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83(2): 707-714

Kashani A, Phillips C O, Foody J M, Wang Y, Mangalmurti S, Ko D T, Krumholz H M. Risks associated with statin therapy: a systematic overview of randomized clinical trials. Circulation 2006; 114(25): 2788-2797

Zhu X, Wu S, Dahut W L, Parikh C R. Risks of proteinuria and hypertension with bevacizumab, an antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor: systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2007; 49(2): 186-193

Sun Z, Mwipatayi B P, Semmens J B, Lawrence-Brown M M. Short to midterm outcomes of fenestrated endovascular grafts in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review. Journal of Endovascular Therapy 2006; 13(6): 747-753

Reisfield G M, Wallace S K, Munsell M F, Webb F J, Alvarez E R, Wilson G R. Survival in cancer patients undergoing in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2006; 71 (2): 152-160

Dougall N J, Bruggink S, Ebmeier K P. Systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc- HMPAO-SPECT in dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2004; 12(6): 554-570

Sampson F C, Goodacre S W, Thomas S M, van Beek E J. The accuracy of MRI in diagnosis of suspected deep vein thrombosis: systematic review and meta-analysis. European Radiology 2007; 17(1): 175-181

Matchar D B, McCrory D C, Orlando L A, Patel M R, Patel U D, Patwardhan M B, Powers B, Samsa G P, Gray R N. Systematic review: comparative effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers for treating essential hypertension. Annals of Internal Medicine 2008; 148(1): 16-29

EED
Lavery L A, Boulton A J, Niezgoda J A, Sheehan P. A comparison of diabetic foot ulcer outcomes using negative pressure wound therapy versus historical standard of care. International Wound Journal 2007; 4(2): 103-113, 138-139

Main C, Palmer S, Griffin S, Jones L, Orton V, Sculpher M, Henderson R, Sudlow C, Hawkins N, Riemsma R. Clopidogrel used in combination with aspirin compared with aspirin alone in the treatment of non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 2004; 8(40): 1-156

Leykum L, Pugh J, Diuguid D, Papadopoulos K. Cost utility of substituting enoxaparin for unfractionated heparin for prophylaxis of venous thrombosis in the hospitalized medical patient. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2006; 1(3): 168-176

Caro J J, Ward A, Deniz H B, O'Brien J A, Ehreth J L. Cost-benefit analysis of preventing sudden cardiac deaths with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator versus amiodarone. Value in Health 2007; 10(1): 13-22

Quaglini S, Rognoni C, Spazzolini C, Priori S G, Mannarino S, Schwartz P J. Cost-effectiveness of neonatal ECG screening for the long QT syndrome. European Heart Journal 2006; 27(15): 1824-1832

Joffres M R, Campbell N R, Manns B, Tu K. Estimate of the benefits of a population-based reduction in dietary sodium additives on hypertension and its related health care costs in Canada. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2007; 23(6): 437-443

Wijnen E, Planken N, Keuter X, Kooman J P, Tordoir J H, de Haan M W, Leunissen K M, van der Sande F M. Impact of a quality improvement programme based on vascular access flow monitoring on costs, access occlusion and access failure. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006; 21(12): 3514-3519

Huse D M, Song X, Ozminkowski R J, Maguire J, Williams S A, Borok G M, McDonough K. Impact of rosuvastatin use on costs and outcomes in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease in US managed care and Medicare populations: a data analysis. Clinical Therapeutics 2006; 28(9): 1425-1442

van Helvoort-Postulart D, Dirksen C D, Nelemans P J, Kroon A A, Kessels A G, de Leeuw P W, Vasbinder G B, van Engelshoven J M, Hunink M G. Renal artery stenosis: cost-effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment. Radiology 2007; 244(2): 505-513
Hot off the press:
Recently published articles from The Lancet, BMJ, NEJM and JAMA
For further information on appraising current awareness journal articles visit our literature appraisal guides

27/08/08 Effect of allopurinol on blood pressure of adolescents with newly diagnosed essential hypertension
JAMA 2008;300(8):924-932

22/08/08 Effect of integration of supplemental nutrition with public health programmes in pregnancy and early childhood on cardiovascular risk in rural Indian adolescents: long term follow-up of Hyderabad nutrition trial
BMJ 2008;337:a605

22/08/08 Physical control and coordination in childhood and adult obesity: longitudinal birth cohort study
BMJ 2008;337:a699

21/08/08 SLCO1B1 variants and statin-induced myopathy — a genomewide study
NEJM 2008;359:789-799

20/08/08 Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Patients Treated With Homocysteine- Lowering...
JAMA 2008;300 795-804

15/08/08 Migraine, vascular risk, and cardiovascular events in women: prospective cohort study
BMJ 2008;337:a636

14/08/08 Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention
NEJM 2008;359:688-696

14/08/08 Effect of PCI on quality of life in patients with stable coronary disease
NEJM 2008;359:677-687

01/08/08 Changing perceptions of weight in Great Britain: comparison of two population surveys
BMJ 2008;337:a494
Conferences and events for next three months
September 2008 :: October 2008 :: November 2008
Please note correspondence details:

April Coombe (Project Manager)
West Midlands Library and Information Services Development Unit
Workforce Deanery
NHS West Midlands
St Chad's Court
213 Hagley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham B16 9RG
Tel. 0121 695 2450
Email: april.coombe@westmidlands.nhs.uk
Websites : www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovasc ular :: www.library.nhs.uk/stroke :: www.library.nhs.uk/vascular

Our clinical lead is:
Professor Tom Quinn FRCN FESC
Co-Director Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care
Applied Research Group (PHECC)
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Coventry University
Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
email t.quinn@coventry.ac.uk

[1] All systematic reviews included in DARE have meet DARE’s strict quality criteria. Due to this quality procedure and the critical commentary on the quality of the review, there may be a time difference between when the systematic review has been published and when it appears in DARE. This is also true of EED records.

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Cardiovascular Conference Archives

CARDIOVASCULAR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Conference Archives (CAI) has released Sessions Science OnDemand (SSOD) 2007, a digital archive of more than 2,700 oral presentations from the American Heart Association's (AHA) 2007 annual Scientific Sessions conference. SSOD 2007 is designed to give global medical professionals access to the latest advancements and knowledge presented at the AHA's Scientific Sessions annual meeting.

Nearly all oral presentations in SSOD 2007 are synchronised - audio and slides - to mimic the experience of an oral presentation's delivery. Each oral presentation is transcribed, and the transcription synchronised to the audio and slides of a presentation. Users can search for content across the archive or within a presentation.

This is the fourth year CAI has released presentations from the AHA's Scientific Sessions annual meeting. CAI has captured nearly 25,000 oral presentations from AHA meetings.

Monday, 17 March 2008

Conferences

Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Conference is being held on the 3rd July 2008 at the Said Business School, University of Oxford.
The conference is aimed at both clinicians and patients interested in learning about the state-of the-art in blood pressure monitoring, and contributing to the future directions of research and practice
Contact caroline.jordan@dphpc.ox.ac.uk; tel 01865 289329

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