The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today published a report highlighting progress made by the health and care system in implementing…
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Cancellation of Cardiac Procedures During COVID-19
BCS Statement The COVID-19 pandemic has placed immense pressure on the national health service, with frontline hospital services re-organised to handle the surge in cases.…
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COVID-19: Disentangling Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk
BCS Editorial By Ashwin Ajay and Ahmed Adlan Pneumonia of unknown cause began spreading in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, which led to the discovery…
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RAPID GUIDELINE: National Institute for Healthcare and Excellence (NICE)
The purpose of the guideline is to help healthcare professionals who are not cardiology specialists identify and treat acute myocardial injury and its cardiac complications in adults with known or suspected COVID-19 but without known pre-existing cardiovascular disease.
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COVID-19: Significant drop in ACS admissions
News Article The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a decline in patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes, a report in the Lancet finds. Reduced admissions with…
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COVID-19 and Digital Health: From Bed-Side Manner To Web-Side Manner
BCS Editorial By Amir Aziz The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive global impact like no other. The pressure for healthcare services to deliver has…
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Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography in Stable Coronary Heart Disease: The UK Perspective
BCS Editorial By Kenneth Mangion One in ten of all chest pain presentations to primary care have been reported to be due to coronary heart…
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