Cardiovascular Archives - Evidently Cochrane

Go

Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular

Blood pressure targets – how low can you get?

Robert Walton, a Cochrane UK Senior Fellow in General Practice, looks at the latest Cochrane evidence on what blood pressure targets to aim for, balancing the benefits of treatment against risk of side effects.

October 5, 2018 3

Cardiovascular

Which stent is best for heart attacks?

Harry Boardman discusses the different types of coronary stents which are used to treat people after a heart attack.

January 11, 2018 5

Cardiovascular

How should we deal with non-culprit lesions during a STEMI? A mid-night conundrum

In a blog for medical trainees, Chris McAloon, a cardiology specialty trainee, reflects on evidence and practice for treating someone with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

August 17, 2017 0

Cardiovascular

Should we recommend catheter ablation to all patients with persistent atrial fibrillation?

Cardiologist Vinod Achan reflects on a Cochrane review on the effectiveness and safety of ablation as an alternative to drug treatment for atrial fibrillation

January 9, 2017 4

Cardiovascular

A pinch of evidence on how to cut salt intake

In this guest blog, public health doctor David Robert looks at the evidence on what can be done to cut down the salt in our diets.

November 25, 2016 0

Cardiovascular

Trust me, I’m a patient! Managing anticoagulation therapy

David Roberts looks at whether putting patients in control can improve the quality of their anticoagulation therapy.

August 17, 2016 0

Putting the Heart into Palliative Care

GP RIchard Lehman reflects on palliative care beyond cancer and how people with heart failure need it too

October 10, 2014 3

Performance anxiety and “water tablets” for high blood pressure

GP Richard Lehman finds answers to some questions about medicines for high blood pressure but is left wondering if they're spoiling sex lives

June 11, 2014 0

Do selenium supplements reduce heart attacks?

Probably not, but it could increase your chance of baldness! Selenium is a trace element which is involved with...

March 4, 2013 2

Intervention reduces atrial fibrillation after heart surgery

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common rhythm disturbance of the heart. It involves the top two chambers of...

February 22, 2013 1

Statins save lives in patients undiagnosed with heart disease

Given that February is National Heart Month (cue Valentine’s Day), I thought I would blog about a recent Cochrane...

February 1, 2013 3

Loading with warfarin, what’s the quickest and safest dose?

Key message: There is not enough evidence to show whether 10mg or 5mg loading dose of warfarin is safer...

December 14, 2012 1

UA-49496932-1