{"title":"High-density lipoprotein and coronary heart disease – an update","authors":"A.Hervey Wilcox","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0080","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is increasing evidence for a protective effect of high density lipoprotein (HDL) on the cardiovascular system. Patients with low concentrations have been shown to be at an increased risk of coronary heart disease, and there is evidence that high concentrations confer a degree of protection. But there is uncertainty about when HDL should be measured, its role in the assessment of patients and its relative importance in making decisions about therapy. This review presents recent epidemiological findings and discusses the possible mechanisms of action of HDL. Insights from disease states are presented, and the results of intervention studies are discussed. Recent guidelines for the use of HDL in patient assessment are discussed, together with the options for therapy aiming to increase HDL concentrations. There are studies underway which should provide more information about the effects of current therapy, and perhaps lead to the development of new treatment options, and these are briefly summarised.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 111-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0080","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83189545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The management of patients on the waiting list for coronary artery bypass grafting: a case study","authors":"F. McHugh , C. Hankey , P.R. Belcher","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0089","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0089","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 146-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82473064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raising HDL-cholesterol – HIT or miss?","authors":"Allan Gaw","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0079","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 109-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78543570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Hevey , H.M. McGee , A. Cahill , H. Newton , J.H. Horgan
{"title":"Training cardiac rehabilitation coordinators","authors":"D. Hevey , H.M. McGee , A. Cahill , H. Newton , J.H. Horgan","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0081","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0081","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent years have witnessed a dramatic growth in the provision of cardiac rehabilitation services throughout Ireland and the UK. However, this growth has not been matched by the development of formal training for cardiac rehabilitation coordinators. The present paper presents a model for cardiac rehabilitation coordinator training with reference to the key academic and practical points of such a programme. A multidisciplinary approach to training affords potential coordinators with the understanding necessary to coordinate a range of professionals, and thereby provide the recommended multifactorial programme to service users. Formalized training contributes to acceptable standards of both clinical practice and service delivery and advances expertise in audit and service representation. Such training may promote recognition of career specialization for cardiac rehabilitation coordinators.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 142-145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0081","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84528362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diary of Forthcoming Events","authors":"","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/chec.2000.0091","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 159-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136938696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summaries of recent research findings from the journals","authors":"B. Linden","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0088","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 153-158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80904357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joint British Hyperlipidaemia Association Healthcare Section and Primary Care Cardiovascular Society Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 4 February 2000: Cardiovascular Perspectives for the New Millennium","authors":"R.M. Finnie","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0069","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 98-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0069","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84832861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issues in the process, prevention and management of coronary heart disease","authors":"B. Linden","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/chec.2000.0075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 100-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89988194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Lockhart , K. McMeeken , J. Mark , S. Cross , G. Tait , C. Isles
{"title":"Secondary prevention after myocardial infarction: reducing the risk of further cardiovascular events","authors":"L. Lockhart , K. McMeeken , J. Mark , S. Cross , G. Tait , C. Isles","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0066","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0066","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 82-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77148368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Annual conference of the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Glasgow, UK, 17–18 September 1999","authors":"G. Armstrong","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0073","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 96-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0073","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89085990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}