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Dapagliflozin in heart failure

NICE says dapagliflozin can now be used to treat heart failure.

Cardiology

e-learning | New treatments for hyperkalaemia

New guidelines from NICE update the guidance on prescribing sodium zirconium cyclosilicate and patiromer

e-learning | Rivaroxaban for preventing atherothrombotic events

This is a new guideline from NICE advising that rivaroxaban plus aspirin can be used in the prevention of atherothrombotic events, under certain circumstances. It was published in Oct 2019. This is quite a big change in practice.

Cardiology

e-learning | Hypertension in adults

The biggest difference is that NICE encourage us to have much more of a discussion with patients about whether to start medication and what to start. Helpfully, they have provided some patient decision aids, which are really good.

Cardiology

e-Learning | Chronic Heart Failure in adults

They have pulled several different guidelines together to make this more comprehensive. There are a few new things which I'll lay out, then I'll give a brief summary of management.