Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease
Publications

New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook: A Summary Resource for Primary Care Practitioners - 2009 Edition (www.nzgg.org.nz)
This Handbook is an updated revision of the original Handbook published in 2005. The Handbook and related poster can be viewed via the link above on the New Zealand Guidelines Group website.

Atrial Fibrillation - Information for you, and your family, whanau and friends
This booklet is for people who have been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation. It has been written to help you better understand your condition and how it is best managed.

Influences in Childhood on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood - An Occasional Paper
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the medical literature around the childhood determinants of adult diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Best Practice, Evidence-based Guideline: The Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk (from the New Zealand Guidelines Group)

Health Report: Relative Level of Access to Cardiac Services
The Ministry has undertaken an analysis of the relative level of access to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations and angioplasty procedures for the populations served by each of the five cardiac units in New Zealand. This was in response to the issue of whether the relative level of access to CABG operations and angioplasty procedures may be more limited for patients living in Otago and Southland than elsewhere in the country.

Sharing Excellence in Health and Disability Information Management 2003
Details of the Online Evidence-based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease report by Prompt, one of the 2003 Finalists of the 'Sharing Excellence in Health and Disability Information Management.

Media Releases

2 May 2006: Combined Approach To Treating Diabetes And Heart Disease
21 April 2006: Heart disease deaths continue to decline
6 July 2004: New guidelines commissioned on best ways to treat heart attacks
8 December 2003: New cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke guidelines issued for health professionals

Related information

DHB toolkit for cardiovascular disease
Leading for Outcomes (www.leadingforoutcomes.org.nz)
Diabetes in New Zealand

Page last updated: 6 May 2009