Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) describes a range of conditions that affect the heart or blood vessels. Conditions can be present from birth, such as congenital heart defects, or develop later in life, such as hypertension or coronary heart disease.
Treatment of CVD is likely to involve a number of factors, including lifestyle changes, medication, medical procedures and surgeries. Pharmacists have an increasingly important role in the screening, prevention, monitoring and medical management of CVD.
Our collection of CVD resources has been organised into categories that can be accessed via the icons above or directly from the sections below.
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Assessment and diagnosis
Assessment and prevention of cardiovascular disease
Interpretation of electrocardiograms
Conditions
Paediatric arrhythmias: pathophysiology, types and pharmaceutical management
Pulmonary hypertension: recognition, diagnosis and management
Hypertension: pharmacological management
Pre-eclampsia: identification and management
Atrial fibrillation: symptoms, diagnosis and management
Management of venous thromboembolism in COVID-19
Diagnosis and management of stable angina
Medication, toxicity, monitoring and prevention
Lipid-lowering therapies for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care
Digoxin monitoring and toxicity management
Supporting patients on new direct oral anticoagulant medicines
Overview of cancer treatment-related cardiovascular toxicity
Non-statin drugs for the management of dyslipidaemia in adults
Chronic oedema: treatment and the impact of prescribed medicines
