This content is machine translated Congenital Vascular Malformations Personalized Treatment Before a Planned Pregnancy Vascular malformations have a prevalence of 1% and an incidence of 3–5 per 10,000. Anomalies can affect any organ system in children and adults. Mosaic mutations occurring during embryonic development...… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From Hypertension to Heart Failure? When and how to intervene High blood pressure and hypertensive heart disease are the most significant risk factors for heart failure. The symptoms are very nonspecific, especially in the early stages of heart failure. Measuring...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Quitting smoking reduces cardiovascular risks Offer professional support About 40% of smokers develop cardiovascular diseases. The risk is particularly high among people with high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol levels. According to the Federal Office of Public Health...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated CKD and High Blood Pressure Keeping an Eye on Bidirectional Interactions Both hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are asymptomatic for long periods of time but pose serious health risks, underscoring the importance of timely screening in primary care. In this...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques in High-Risk Patients Who benefits from preventive PCI? For patients with ASCVD, modern imaging techniques such as CCTA and cardiac MRI often provide a solid basis for subsequent treatment decisions. The invasive cardiac catheterization procedure is currently used...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Non-anginal chest pain: Could it be a heart attack? From Triage to Secondary Prevention—A Recent Update In cases of chest pain caused by coronary insufficiency, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) should be considered. There is an increased risk in men aged ≥55 and women aged ≥65, as...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Hepatology and Metabolism The Mediterranean Diet for MASLD/MASH—What the EASL-EASD-EASO Guidelines Specifically Recommend Since an international Delphi consensus in 2023, the condition formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been called MASLD— “metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.” It is defined as...…
View Post 18 min This content is machine translated From an antidiabetic drug to a distinct class of cardiorenal therapies The Incretin Revolution in Cardiology Within a decade, incretin mimetics have evolved from blood-sugar-lowering diabetes medications into one of the most dynamic classes of drugs in cardiovascular medicine. GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1-RA) have been shown...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Cardiology and Nutrition Ultra-Processed Foods and Cardiovascular Risk—The New AHA Position Ultra-processed foods (UPFs ) account for a significant portion of energy intake in Western countries—in the United States, an estimated more than half. Given this ubiquity and a growing number...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Baxdrostat – a new class of drugs for treating difficult-to-control hypertension First Aldosterone Synthase Inhibitor Is Here It is the first new class of antihypertensive drugs in years: On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Baxdrostat (Baxfendy) as the first and only...…
View Post 18 min This content is machine translated From Risk Identification to Anti-Inflammatory Intervention Inflammation as a Treatment Goal in Its Own Right For decades, cardiovascular prevention was essentially a story about cholesterol. Yet a significant proportion of patients experience adverse events despite optimally controlled lipid levels—a reflection of a residual risk that...… CME-Test
