The economic burden of CVD in the UK

How much are CVD-related healthcare costs estimated to be annually in each UK country?^6,7

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£800 million annually in Scotland, Data for England suggests that one event costs an estimated average of £3,449.^2,3

£412 million annually for Northern Ireland. Data for England suggests that one event costs an estimated average of £3,449.^2,3

£550 million annually in Wales,
Data for England suggests that one event costs an estimated average of £3,449.^2,3

£7.4 billion annually in England³,
with one event costing an estimated average of £3,449^2,3

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Tools to help manage cardiovascular risk in your patients

To minimise the number of CV events, risk assessment and risk-reduction measures are important prior to starting ADT.^9-10

Below you can find both the STAMP tool and the CV risk assessment tool to help you assess your prostate cancer patients.

STAMP - Identification of patients with CVD¹¹

“It might be time to consider treating men who have pre-existing CV risk factors with a GnRH antagonist rather than an agonist.’’ ¹⁴

Side Effects: Very common side effects include; hot flushes, injection site pain and redness. Common side effects include; injection site swelling, node and hardness, chills, fever or influenza-like illness, trouble sleeping, tiredness, dizziness, headache, increased weight, nausea, diarrhoea, elevated levels of some liver enzymes, excessive sweating, rash, anaemia, musculoskeletal pain and discomfort, reduced size of testicles, breast swelling and impotence.

The CV risk assessment tool¹⁰

Adapted from Davey P and Alexandrou P. 2022¹⁰