Cardiovascular Disorders

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

10 January 1996

Thrombosis had been recognised as a disease since around 2000 BC, but the word thrombosis was first used by Claudius Galenos (130 – 200 AD). Pulmonary…

Chronic Venous Diseases of the Leg

1 December 1992

This report is about varicose veins and the range of venous diseases of the legs, including chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and venous ulcers, that people with…

Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: Consensus or Controversy?

1 March 1991

The severe expression of cardiovascular and particularly coronary heart disease in the UK is a proper cause for concern. Analysis of its associations clearly shows the…

Coronary Heart Disease: The Need for Action

1 February 1990

At the start of the 1980s, coronary heart disease (CUD) appeared destined to become the United Kingdom’s ‘disease of the decade’. Comparisons between nations had revealed…

Coronary Heart Disease: the Scope for Prevention

1 August 1982

One person in every four in England and Wales dies from coronary heart disease and at a minimum estimate the costs borne by the National Health…

Mild Hypertension

1 November 1980

The risks from untreated high blood pressure at even mildly elevated levels are well documented in quantitative terms. American insurance companies have since the interwar years…

Hypertension: a Suitable Case for Treatment?

1 October 1971

Ever since the discovery of the circulation of the blood it has been known that blood is forced around the body under pressure from the contractions…

Stroke

1 February 1988

In England and Wales, in 1986, stroke accounted for just over 12 per cent of mortality from all causes, most of it occurring in the elderly.…

Early Diagnosis of Ischaemic Heart Disease

1 July 1968

Deaths from ischaemic heart disease are increasing amongst the early middle-aged in many countries. Over one quarter of all deaths amongst British males under the age…