New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook: A Summary Resource for Primary Care Practitioners, 2nd Edition

Contents......Page 7 New Zealand Cardiovascular Risk Charts......Page 9 Genetic lipid disorders......Page 18 Secondary causes of raised blood pressure......Page 19 How to measure waist circumference......Page 22 Goals and targets......Page 23 General lifestyle interventions ......Page 27 Specific lifestyle interventions ......Page 28 Intensive lifestyle interventions......Page 31 Smoking cessation interventions......Page 32 Therapy......Page 39 Specific lipid profiles and treatments......Page 42 Blood pressure lowering......Page 43 Secondary prevention post-acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack......Page 44 Long-term antiplatelet therapy......Page 47 Angina and myocardial infarction: long-term therapy......Page 49 Stroke risk assessment in people with atrial fibrillation......Page 51 Therapy for atrial fibrillation or flutter......Page 54 Transient ischaemic attack......Page 61 Antibiotic regimen for surgery/procedures at sites of established infection......Page 0 Stroke......Page 63 Rheumatic fever......Page 67 Prevention of infective endocarditis......Page 75 Heart failure......Page 79 Appendices......Page 83 Appendix A......Page 84 Appendix B......Page 85 Appendix C......Page 86 Appendix D......Page 90 Appendix E......Page 91 Appendix F......Page 92 List of tables and figures......Page 96 Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 99