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Significant carotid stenosis should be treated with endarterectomy (Photograph: SPL)

Identifying and managing TIA

There are four key questions to ascertain if a patient's symptoms indicate a TIA....

The patient’s pupils were unequal in size (Photograph: SPL)

Case Study - An unusual case of unequal pupils

It is important to identify the cause of any neurological signs, explains Dr Zara Aziz....

Chest X-ray revealed metastases (Photograph: SPL)

Misleading haematuria

It is easy to miss something when under pressure, recalls Dr Keith Barnard....

Studies have shown that ivabradine can cut the risk of cardiovascular death by reducing heart rates (Photograph: SPL)

Ivabradine cuts risk of CV death in heart failure patients

Reducing heart rate with ivabradine can cut the risk of cardiovascular death in heart failure patien...

AF drug cleared for use in final NICE guidance

Atrial fibrillation (AF) drug dronedarone has been recommended by NICE for limited second-line use i...

iPhone app 'detects arrhythmia'

An iPhone application has been launched to detect signs of arrhythmia....

Without brain imaging, such as CT scanning, it is impossible to determine whether a stroke is ischaemic or haemorrhagic (above) (Photograph: Dr Jonathan Birns)

Clinical Review: Stroke

By Dr Jonathan Birns, consultant in stroke medicine, geriatrics and general medicine, Guy's and St T...

The mainstays of treatment after ischaemic stroke is aspirin or heparin (Photograph: SPL)

Paediatric Medicine - Childhood stroke

Dr Andrew Mallick and Dr Finbar O'Callaghan discuss the causes and impact of stroke in paediatric pa...

Junctional bradycardia: ECG shows absence of P waves and heart rate of 40bpm

Cardiac arrhythmias

Contributed by Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan, a cardiology specialty registrar in electrophysiology, Man...

Photograph: Douglas Robertson

RCGP Curriculum - 15.1 Cardiovascular Problems

This section of our curriculum guide refers to statement 15.1, Cardiovascular Problems, produced by ...

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