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1. World Health Organization. Cardiovascular diseases. https://www.who.int/health-topics/cardiovascular-diseases#tab=tab_1
2. British Heart Foundation (BHF). Facts and figures. Page last reviewed August 2022. https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/contact-the-press-office/facts-and-figures
3. Heart Research Institute UK (HRI). Atherosclerosis: causes and risk factors. https://www.hriuk.org/health/learn/cardiovascular-disease/atherosclerosis
4. NHS Health A to Z. Atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis). Page last reviewed May 2nd 2019. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/atherosclerosis/
5. British Society for Heart Failure. The F Word. https://www.bsh.org.uk/the-f-word
6. Office for National Statistics. Ischaemic heart diseases deaths including comorbidities, England and Wales: 2019 registrations. May 4 2021. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/ischaemicheartdiseasesdeathsincludingcomorbiditiesenglandandwales/2019registrations
7. BHF. Atherosclerosis. Page last updated September 2022. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/atherosclerosis
8. NICE CKS. Hypercholesterolaemia - familial. Last revised in October 2022. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/hypercholesterolaemia-familial/
9. JJ DiNicolantonio and JH OKeefe. ‘Added sugars drive coronary heart disease via insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia: a new paradigm’. Open Heart 2017. 4: e000729. https://openheart.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000729
10. J Schnabel. ‘Excess blood sugar promotes clogging of arteries: study’. Cornell Chronicle. March 23 2021. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/03/excess-blood-sugar-promotes-clogging-arteries-study
11. CC Clement et al. ‘Pleiotropic consequences of metabolic stress for the major histocompatibility complex class II molecule antigen processing and presentation machinery’. Immunity. April 13 2021. 54;4:721-736.e10. https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(21)00085-6
12. Heart research UK. Coronary heart disease. https://heartresearch.org.uk/coronary-heart-disease/
13. BHF. Cardiomyopathy. Last updated May 2021. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/cardiomyopathy
14. Amyloidosis Research Consortium. Wild-Type Amyloidosis. https://arci.org/about-amyloidosis/wild-type-amyloidosis/
15. J Moon. ‘Amyloidosis explained’. Heart Matters. BHF. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/amyloidosis-explained
16. Heart Research UK. Heart valve disease. https://heartresearch.org.uk/heart-valve-diseases/
17. NHS Health A to Z. Rheumatic fever. Page last reviewed June 4 2021.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rheumatic-fever/
18. L Zühlke et al. Rheumatic fever. BMJ Best Practice. Last updated November 18 2022. https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/404
19. S Hughes. ‘Product of Gut Microbiome Implicated in Heart Failure Risk’. Medscape Medical News. December 22 2022. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986052
20. KA Romano et al. Gut Microbiota-Generated Phenylacetylglutamine and Heart Failure. Circulation: Heart Failure. December 16 2022. 0:e009972. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.009972
21. BHF. Myocarditis. Page last reviewed September 2022. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/myocarditis
22. BHF. Pericarditis. Page last reviewed July 2022. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/pericarditis
23. M Woods. Health Library. ‘Drugs That May Lead to Heart Damage’. Beth Israel Lahey Health Winchester Hospital. January 2017. https://www.winchesterhospital.org/health-library/article?id=31675
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25. NHS Health A to Z. Cardiomyopathy. Page last reviewed November 20 2019. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cardiomyopathy/
26. NICE BNF. Pioglitazone. https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/pioglitazone/
27. MHRA. Rosiglitazone: recommended withdrawal from clinical use. December 11 2014. https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/rosiglitazone-recommended-withdrawal-from-clinical-use
28. MHRA. Research and analysis. Coronavirus vaccine - summary of Yellow Card reporting. Updated 21 December 2022. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting
29. NHS Health A to Z. Coronary angioplasty and stent insertion. Page last reviewed: October 04 2022. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronary-angioplasty/
30. NHS Health A to Z. Coronary artery bypass graft. Page last reviewed: November 23 2021. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronary-artery-bypass-graft-cabg/
31. NHS Health A to Z. Carotid endarterectomy. Page last reviewed: January 26 2022. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/carotid-endarterectomy/
32. NICE Guideline on Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification.  Draft for consultation, January 2023. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-NG10178/documents/draft-guideline-2
33. NICE BNF. Ezetimibe. https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/ezetimibe/
34. Heart UK. PCSK9 inhibitors. https://www.heartuk.org.uk/getting-treatment/pcsk9-inhibitors
35. Heart UK. What is HoFH? https://www.heartuk.org.uk/hofh/what-is-hofh
36. NICE CKS. Hypercholesterolaemia - familial. Last revised in October 2022. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/hypercholesterolaemia-familial/
37. TJ Ford. ‘Angina: contemporary diagnosis and management’. Heart 2020. 106:387-398. https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/5/387
38. Heart Research UK. Angina. https://heartresearch.org.uk/angina/
39. BHF. Angina – causes, symptoms & treatment. Page last reviewed January 2022. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/angina
40. NICE CKS. Angina. Last revised in October 2022. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/angina/