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Foreword
Chairman's Prologue
Section 1 Background
Section 2 Current Position
Section 3 Equity of Access
Section 4 Managed Clinical Networks for Cardiac
Services
Section 5 Primary Prevention
Section 6 Primary Care
Section 7 Pre-Hospital Treatment: Thrombolysis
and Defibrillators
Section 8 Heart Failure
Section 9 Revascularisation
Section 10 Responsiveness of Services to Patients'
Needs: Waiting Times, Access, Staff and Facilities
Section 11 Cardiac Rehabilitation
Section 12 National Database
Section 13 Standards
Section 14 Stroke Services
Section 15 Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix I Membership of Working Groups
Appendix II AMI Deaths in Scotland
Appendix III CABG, PTCA by Deprivation
Appendix IV CABG, PTCA by Health Board of Residence
Appendix V Calculation of Need
Appendix VI Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic Questionnaire
Appendix VII Prioritisation Criteria
Appendix VIII Standard Referral Letter
Appendix IX Proposed Minimum Dataset