This content is machine translated Prevent arteriosclerosis Can exercise in early adulthood protect against atherosclerosis? Low physical fitness and muscle strength in early adulthood are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, it is unclear how these factors relate to subclinical atherosclerosis because of the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Atrial Fibrillation (VHF) - Swiss-AF Study Physical activity and vascular brain lesions in elderly VHF patients Swiss-AF is a prospective observational study conducted throughout Switzerland at a total of 14 centers investigating the relationship between atrial fibrillation and impaired brain performance. A substudy analyzed whether there…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Findings from the SUSTAIN-6 study GLP-1RA with cardiovascular benefits in the treatment of type 2 diabetes In the context of prevalent type 2 diabetes (T2D) worldwide and associated comorbid cardiovascular disease, the results of the SUSTAIN-6 trial add to the accumulating evidence of robust cardiovascular risk…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Interactions with obstructive sleep apnea Hen and/or egg If a patient suffers from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it predisposes him or her to a host of comorbidities, from cardiovascular to renal to pulmonary to neuropsychiatric. But there is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Dapagliflozin now approved in preserved ejection fraction [1,4]** After dapagliflozin had been approved for some time for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, Swissmedic now granted an indication extension for heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Cardiac resynchronization therapy Improving outcomes in patients with intraventricular conduction delay. The benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) varies by QRS characteristics; individual randomized trials are too weak to assess benefit for relatively small subgroups. Accordingly, in a recently published study,…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular surgery Treatment of aortic syndromes with arch involvement Acute and chronic thoracic aortic syndromes involving the arch are life-threatening conditions that require urgent and carefully planned treatment. Emergency care of acute thoracic aortic entities encompasses the entire spectrum… CME-Test
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Cardiometabolic multimorbidity. Associated with increased risk of dementia Cardiometabolic disease (CMD), including diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, are established risk factors for dementia. Their combined effects were recently examined in a study. The aim was to investigate the…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated State of the Art Atrioventricular Valve Therapy AV valve regurgitation is relatively common, prognostically relevant, and overall undertreated. With regard to the mechanism of development, a distinction is made between primary insufficiencies, in which a structural defect… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes Prevention of macrovascular complications – an update. Reducing the risk of microvascular and macrovascular sequelae is an important treatment goal in diabetes. In recent years, new modern drugs have entered the market that have demonstrated additional benefits…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis: "Awareness" of comorbidities Cardiometabolic diseases and other comorbidities In addition to certain risk and trigger factors, psoriasis is associated with various comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and depression. This is particularly true for patients with moderate…
