Clinical Evidence Cardiovascular Disorders is taken from Clinical Evidence, Issue 8, the international source of the best available evidence for effective health care. It presents clear, concise summaries of the current state of the evidence on the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease derived, where possible, from randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews.
Key features.

All topics in this second edition have been updated and a number have been expanded to include additional interventions.

Includes evidence on the management and prevention of cardiovascular disorders.

Covers 16 cardiovascular conditions, 60 questions, and over 200 treatments.

Choice of topics guided by specialists and patients.

Rigorous and explicit methods to select evidence to summarise.

Addresses a variety of risk factors, such as dyslipidaemia, sedentary life style, tobacco use, hypertension, unhealthy diets, and obesity.

Categorises interventions according to whether they have been found to be effective or not.

Presents key messages and structured summaries of the filtered evidence.

Presents the balance between the benefits and harms of interventions.

Presents up-to-date, quantified, and referenced information about the condition.

Presents easy to follow numerical information.

Identifies gaps in the evidence.

Emphasises outcomes that matter to patients.