This content is machine translated Venous thromboembolism Do patients with pancreatic cancer benefit from prophylaxis? Advanced pancreatic cancer is associated with a significantly increased risk of venous thromboembolism: within one year, approximately one fifth of patients suffer such a complication – with devastating consequences. What…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pulse synchronous ear noise Experimental endovascular therapy for pulsatile tinnitus of venous origin. Introduction: In vascular anomalies near the inner ear, some patients perceive pathological blood flow in the form of rhythmic ear noise. This so-called “pulsatile tinnitus” is pulse-synchronous, i.e. it correlates…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Elimination of varicose veins Which method for which patient? Various procedures are available today for the treatment of varicose veins. The technique chosen depends on the anatomical conditions and patient characteristics. Endovenous techniques involve thermal, mechanical, and/or chemical destruction…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Carotid stimulation Update on the current state of research The carotid stimulator is a device that electrically activates the baroreflex mechanism. As a result, sympathetic tone is attenuated and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is dampened, causing a reduction in blood…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated PAVK Rehabilitation Comprehensive therapy for a disease whose risk is underestimated Peripheral arterial disease (pAVD) is the manifestation of a disease that is often misjudged in its importance by patients, but also by physicians. Even if the overall prevalence is between…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated From different normal values to erectile dysfunction The top 10 problems of hypertension therapy Although the treatment of arterial hypertension is part of the “daily bread” in family practice, it also causes headaches time and again. This is because there are a number of…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Interventions in angiology Beyond the horizon it goes on… Catheter-based therapy for vascular disease has changed significantly in recent years. Rapid technical progress and greater clinical experience now allow recanalization of even severely calcified and long-stretch arterial occlusions. A…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Arteriovenous malformation Interdisciplinary treatment in an interventional-surgical hybrid room Case report: A 32-year-old, previously healthy woman developed sudden, mild motor aphasia at 26 weeks’ gestation.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Aliskiren Good blood pressure control in combination with HCT Aliskiren, a renin inhibitor that reduces the amount of angiotensin II, is available as a monotherapy (Rasilez®) and in combination with hydrochlorothiazide (Rasilez HCT®). Recent real-world studies and meta-analyses confirm…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Successful therapy of pAVD with EGb 761®. Clinical studies document the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba extract Peripheral arterial disease (PAVD) often occurs as a result of atherosclerosis, with varying prevalence depending on age. Men are more commonly affected than women [1], and in two-thirds of all…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Peripheral arterial occlusive disease as a pandemic It is high time to act Arterial occlusive disease is a disease with multiple sites (coronary, cerebral, peripheral, and visceral). Cardiovascular risk factors must be treated aggressively even in the asymptomatic patient with PAOD. The pAVK…
