Commentary on NICE guidance for secondary prevention for patients following a myocardial infarction
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- DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.124305
Commentary on NICE guidance for secondary prevention for patients following a myocardial infarction
Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: Dr Skinner was the clinical advisor for the NICE guideline for secondary prevention after MI and both Dr Skinner and Dr Minhas were members of the Guideline Development Group. During the last five years, Dr Skinner has received travel grants to attend educational meetings from Novartis, Pfizer and Sanofi Synthelabo/Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, with none during the last two years. During the last 12 months Dr Minhas has not received any honoraria and travel grants and over the preceding four years has received honoraria and travel grants from several pharmaceutical companies that manufacture cardiovascular therapies.
Comment on
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Secondary prevention for patients following a myocardial infarction: summary of NICE guidance.Heart. 2007 Jul;93(7):862-4. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2007.124321. Heart. 2007. PMID: 17569811 Free PMC article. Review.
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- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Clinical guideline 48. MI: secondary prevention in primary and secondary care for patients following a myocardial infarction. London: NICE, 2007
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- National Institute for Clinical Excellence Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction: drug treatment, cardiac rehabilitation and dietary manipulation. London: NICE, 2001
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- Department of Health National Service Framework for coronary heart disease. London: Department of Health, 2000
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- National Institute for Clinical Excellence TA080: Clopidogrel in the treatment of non‐ST‐segment‐elevation acute coronary syndrome. London: NICE, 2004
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- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Cardiovascular risk assessment: the modification of blood lipids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Available at http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o = guidelines.inprogress.hyperlipidaemiacardiovascular (accessed February 2007)
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