A survey of digital access, digital confidence and rehabilitation delivery preferences of patients referred for CR.

Remote delivery of cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) has been vital during the COVID pandemic when restrictions have been placed on face-to- face services. In the future, CR services are likely to offer alternatives to centre- based CR, including digital options. However, little is known about the digital access and confidence of CR service users, or their CR delivery preferences.

Knowledge and cardiovascular disease risk perception from the perspectives of prisoners and staff in a Scottish prison: a qualitative study.

Purpose: Prisoners have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population. Knowledge and risk perception of CVD can influence engagement in preventative behaviours that lower an individual's CVD risk. This paper aims to explore prisoners' knowledge of CVD, and prisoners and staff's perceptions of prisoners' CVD risk.

How has technology been used to deliver cardiac rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic? An international cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals conducted by the BACPR.

Objective: To investigate whether exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation services continued during the COVID-19 pandemic and how technology has been used to deliver home-based cardiac rehabilitation.

Design: A mixed methods survey including questions about exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation service provision, programme diversity, patient complexity, technology use, barriers to using technology, and safety.

Setting: International survey of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes.

Standards and core components for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation.

In 2017, the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation published its official document detailing standards and core components for cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. Building on the success of previous editions of this document (published in 2007 and 2012), the 2017 update aims to further emphasise to commissioners, clinicians, politicians and the public the importance of robust, quality indicators of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) service delivery. Otherwise, its overall aim remains consistent with the previous publications-to provide a precedent on which all effective cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes are based and a framework for use in assessment of variation in service delivery quality.

The influence of donor and recipient factors in allograft rejection of the human cornea.

Unlabelled: The health of the corneal endothelium is essential in maintaining the clarity of the transplanted human cornea. Immune-mediated endothelial rejection is a complex series of events, which may culminate in the decompensation of the donor button. It is the commonest instigator of failure in penetrating corneal transplantation.

Penetrating keratoplasty: indications, outcomes, and complications.

Purpose: Corneal transplantation is the most common form of transplantation with approximately 2500 grafts undertaken annually in the United Kingdom. The modern day success of transplantation is attributed to eye bank storage techniques, ocular pharmacology, and improved surgical techniques.

Methods: This retrospective case note review identified 203 penetrating keratoplasties (PKs) performed during a period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2003 at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Open globe injuries in children: factors predictive of a poor final visual acuity.

Aims: Eye injuries are the leading cause of monocular blindness in children and are challenging to manage. However, limited follow-up studies currently exist. We describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of open globe injuries presenting to a major UK centre and discuss factors affecting long-term prognosis.

Mortality following exenteration for malignant tumours of the orbit.

Background: Orbital exenteration is a rare, but disfiguring procedure reserved for the treatment of locally invasive malignancy or potentially life threatening orbital neoplasms, when less destructive techniques are inadequate. The authors report their experience and analyses of 64 cases of orbital exenteration performed over a 13 year period, looking specifically at key factors affecting mortality associated with such a destructive surgical procedure.

Methods: Records were reviewed retrospectively of all patients who had undergone exenteration of the orbit from 1 January 1991 to 1 April 2004 inclusive, at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Open globe injuries: factors predictive of poor outcome.

Objective: Despite advances in ocular and orbital imaging, instrumentation, materials, and surgical procedures, the management of open globe injuries continues to pose difficult management dilemmas. In this retrospective study, we identify clinical characteristics and outcome of a series of open globe injuries presenting to a major UK centre.

Method: Operating department records were reviewed to identify all patients who had undergone repair of an open globe injury from 1 January 1998 to 1 January 2003 at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Orbital exenteration: a 13 year Manchester experience.

Background/aims: Orbital exenteration is a psychologically and anatomically disfiguring procedure reserved for the treatment of potentially life threatening malignancies or relentlessly progressive conditions unresponsive to other treatments. In this study the authors aimed to review their experience with exenteration, including indications, outcomes, and reasons for the increased rate of exenterations over the past 15 months.

Method: This retrospective study reviewed operating department records via a computerised database to identify all patients who had undergone exenteration of the orbit from 1 January 1991 to 1 April 2004 inclusive, at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.