Clinical Standards for Heart Disease
Background
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the UK. The
largest contribution to these deaths is due to coronary heart
disease, which is responsible for approximately one in five deaths
in men and one in six deaths in women, resulting in nearly 10,000
deaths every year in Scotland.
In 2005, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN)
commenced a major review of its previous heart disease related
guidelines. This resulted in the simultaneous publication of a set
of five guidelines covering primary prevention of cardiovascular
disease, stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, chronic heart
failure and cardiac arrhythmias in February 2007.
These guidelines, and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline
Network's cardiac rehabilitation guideline 2002, are drawn from a
contemporary evidence base and so provided an ideal opportunity to
create standards of care for heart disease relevant to the needs of
the patient in the 21st century.
Related SIGN Documents
SIGN 93 Acute coronary syndrome (PDF,
789K, 1min 59secs, External site)
SIGN 94 Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary
heart disease (PDF, 575K, 1min 21secs, External site)
SIGN 95 Management of chronic heart
failure (PDF, 629K, 1min 32secs, External site)
SIGN 96 Management of stable angina (PDF,
767K, 1min 54secs, External site)
SIGN 97 Risk estimation and the
prevention of cardiovascular disease (PDF, 771K, 1min 56secs,
External Site)
SIGN 57 Cardiac rehabilitation (PDF,
700K, 1min 40secs, External site)
Published Date: 28 April 2010
