title: Prevention in practice.
abstract: The United Kingdom has a high mortality from coronary heart disease in comparison to most other Western countries ( Figure 1 ). Recent figures suggest that there has been a slight reduction in mortality ( 1 ).
authors.affiliation: Oxford Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke Project and is based at the Department of Primary Health Care, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lloyd