Category Archives: Cardiovascular disease

Rapid Update 2 – January 2020: Cardiovascular disease: RCT finds dapagliflozin reduces hospitalisation and death in people with heart failure, including those without diabetes.

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Rapid Update 1 – January 2020: Cardiovascular disease (CVD): Systematic review finds success for pharmacist-led interventions in primary care in reducing CVD risk factors

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Rapid Update 2 – November 2019: Atrial fibrillation: Observational study finds poor adherence and persistence to oral anticoagulants in the first year of treatment

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Rapid Update 2 – May 2019: Cardiovascular disease (CVD): UK study finds sub-optimal cholesterol lowering in many patients initiating statin therapy, resulting in higher CVD risk

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Rapid Update 2 – January 2019 Influenza: Large cohort study finds influenza vaccine decreases risk of death in people with heart failure

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Rapid Update 2- November 2018: Cardiovascular: ACE inhibitors – Observational study finds an increase in lung cancer risk with long-term use

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Rapid Update 3-August 2018: Cardiovascular Disease: Increased anticoagulant uptake is associated with a significant decline in hospitalised AF-related stroke rates

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Rapid Update 1- December 2017: Lipid modification: Underuse of QRISK2 and the mismatch between initiation of statins and cardiovascular disease risk

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