Cardiovascular system

Guidelines (5)

Hypertension in Adults (NICE Guideline)

21 March 2022

Summary of NICE guidance on high blood pressure.

Assessing Fitness to Fly (CAA Guidance)

12 December 2019

Key advice from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on fitness to fly

Current Medical Standards of Fitness to Drive (DVLA Guidance)

31 August 2018

Key advice from DVLA on fitness to drive.

Lipid Modification for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (NICE Guideline)

10 August 2016

Summary of NICE guidance on lipid lowering with statins.

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (Joint British Societies' Guideline)

1 December 2014

Recommended assessments, management and targets.

Tables (4)

Anti-anginal preparations, summary by pharmacological class

26 May 2022

Available formulations of anti-anginal drugs.

Monitoring requirements for hyperlipidaemia treatments

4 April 2022

Tests required for patients on lipid-lowering drugs.

ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II antagonists: monitoring in primary care

8 September 2020

Tests required for patients on renin-angiotensin inhibitors

Novel oral anticoagulants for the prevention of stroke

13 June 2018

Dosing of NOACs in non-valvular AF.

Drug Sections (13)

Cardiovascular system in the News

An artist's visualisation of a human torso showing the heart and its blood vessels.

SGLT2 inhibitor approval 'turning point' for underserved heart failure population

By Chloe Harman, 20 June 2022

Empagliflozin (Jardiance) is the first licensed treatment...

Transparent yellow soft capsules on a white background.

Fish oil drug provisionally approved by NICE for cardiovascular prevention

By Chloe Harman, 10 June 2022

Prescribers may soon be able to routinely prescribe...

A head shot of a smiling Dr Richard Russell.

Free webinar: are COPD and CVD ‘two sides of the same coin’?

25 May 2022

MIMS Learning is hosting a free webinar on 13 June...