Severe aortic stenosis: keyhole treatment or open heart surgery?
Cardiologists Will Watson and Harry Boardman blog about Cochrane evidence comparing two treatments for aortic stenosis in people with low surgical risk.
Category Archives: Cardiovascular & vascular
No more neurosurgery for unruptured brain AVMs?
A blog for people with arterio-venous malformations (AVMs) on Cochrane evidence to inform their decisions about treatment.
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.
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.
Venous leg ulcers: evidence review
This article for nurses, on venous leg ulcers, is one of a series of evidence reviews written by Sarah Chapman for the British Journal of Community Nursing
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)
Sharing research through social media: the peripheral venous catheters story
Sarah Chapman reflects on how Cochrane UK used social media to share Cochrane evidence on replacement of peripheral venous catheters with nurses
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
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.
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.
Prioritizing research into cavernoma: what matters most?
Here are the top ten priorities in cavernoma research, established by a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership
Treating deep vein thrombosis: novel ways to anticoagulate
New drugs for an old problem. GP Lynda Ware looks at new evidence on treating DVT