Cardiovascular system

Guidelines (5)

Assessing Fitness to Fly (CAA Guidance)

12 December 2019

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

Hypertension in Adults (NICE Guideline)

13 September 2019

Summary of NICE guidance on high blood pressure.

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)

Table: Anti-Anginal Preparations, Summary by Pharmacological Class

10 June 2021

Available formulations of anti-anginal drugs.

Table: Monitoring Requirements for Hyperlipidaemia Treatments

2 March 2021

Tests required for patients on lipid-lowering drugs.

Table: ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Antagonists: Monitoring in Primary Care

8 September 2020

Tests required for patients on renin-angiotensin inhibitors

Table: 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

New research supports statin prescribing in patients over 75 years

By Chloe Harman, 7 June 2021

Evidence suggesting a mortality benefit of statins...

Prescribe antihypertensives to reduce cardiovascular risk regardless of blood pressure, say researchers

By Chloe Harman, 30 April 2021

Prescribers should consider blood pressure-lowering...

Updated NICE atrial fibrillation guidance recommends newer anticoagulants

By Chloe Harman, 29 April 2021

Direct-acting oral coagulants should be offered to...

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