Test your knowledge of cardiovascular disease

This CPD and learning quiz can help you assess your knowledge of cardiovascular disease and related health issues.
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Treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is likely to involve a number of factors, such as lifestyle changes, medication, medical procedures and surgeries. Pharmacists have an increasingly important role in the screening, prevention, monitoring and medical management of CVD.

Work your way through the quiz by expanding the questions in the boxes below. Each question includes a link to a relevant article from The Pharmaceutical Journal providing more information on the topic.

When you have answered all the questions, select ‘Finish quiz’ at the bottom of the page to check your score.


Photo of a female health professional measuring a blood pressure of a senior woman at home.

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This question is from ‘Assessment and management of cardiovascular disease’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.  

12-lead ECG printout

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This question is from ‘Interpretation of electrocardiograms’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.  

This question is from ‘Digoxin monitoring and toxicity management’.  Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.  

Medical professional taking notes from a pregnant woman

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This question is from ‘Pre-eclampsia: identification and management.’ Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.  

Image of "Coloured X-ray (front view) of the lower limbs of a female patient showing oedema with deformation of the ankle joint."

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This question is from ‘Chronic oedema: treatment and the impact of prescribed medicines’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more. 

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a blood clot

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This question is from ‘Management of venous thromboembolism in covid-19’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Chest x-ray of a woman

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This question is from ‘Pulmonary hypertension: recognition, diagnosis and management’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Someone taking painkillers with a glass of water

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This question is from ‘Supporting patients on new direct oral anticoagulant medicines’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Alirocumab (tradename Praluent) pen in use to administer subcutaneous injection

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This question is from ‘Lipid lowering therapies for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more. 

Clogged artery and atherosclerosis disease medical concept with a three dimensional human artery with blood cells that is blocked by plaque buildup of cholesterol as a symbol of vascular diseases

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This question is from ‘Non-statin drugs for the management of dyslipidaemia in adults’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Photo of elderly Asian man clutching his chest in living room

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This question is from ‘Pharmacotherapy of STEMI: a review of international guidelines.’ Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Clinician looking at heart rate chart

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This question is from ‘Atrial fibrillation: symptoms, diagnosis and management’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Cycle showing stages from clockwise: precontemplation, contemplation, determination, action, relapse, maintenance

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This question is from ‘Managing hypertension: the role of diet and exercise‘. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Illustration of where cardiac chest pain can occur on back and front of body

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This question is from ‘Cardiac chest pain: identification, referral and management in primary care’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

Image of "False-colour chest X-ray of a female patient with severe enlargement of the heart — a condition that can be caused by heart failure"

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This question is from ‘Heart failure, older people and frailty’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to read more.

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Citation
The Pharmaceutical Journal, PJ, October 2024, Vol 313, No 7990;313(7990)::DOI:10.1211/PJ.2024.1.335379

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