This content is machine translated Iron deficiency Ferritin standard values vary according to patient population In certain underlying diseases such as heart failure or chronic kidney disease, transferrin saturation and soluble transferrin receptor should be determined in addition to serum ferritin levels. Inflammation is accompanied…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interventional therapy methods Focus on functional mitral valve regurgitation Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), unlike primary mitral regurgitation, is caused by ventricular dysfunction. Since it is always a consequence of left ventricular disease, optimal drug therapy for heart failure is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic coronary syndrome Revascularization and drug therapy For the first time, the current guidelines focus on chronic coronary syndrome instead of the previously commonly used term stable coronary artery disease. In addition, new data once again support…
View Post 9 min Cardiovascular disease prevention New ESC CVD Prevention Guidelines for Stepwise and Individualized Intervention Dyslipidemia remains among the main causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD), leading to more than 21,000 deaths per year in Switzerland. Reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels is a cornerstone of… CME-Test
View Post 22 min This content is machine translated Acute aortic dissection Risk assessment and management of type B aortic dissection. In acute aortic dissection, the aortic wall initially tears from the inside, resulting in separation of the wall layers. The result: an additional lumen is created. What to do? CME-Test
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular diseases New innovative treatment options Rising life expectancy worldwide is accompanied by an increasing medical need for effective treatments for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke and heart failure (HF). Now, new innovative drugs…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Novel approach leads to improvement in myocardial and vascular function In 2021, the European Society of Cardiology’s Heart Failure Guidelines Task Force published new guidelines mentioning heart failure exacerbations for the first time and emphasizing the urgency of accelerating the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cardio-renal-metabolic syndrome Targeted complication management in light of risk components. Patients with diabetes mellitus and obesity are at high risk for developing cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure. An interdisciplinary management of the cardiometabolic risk patient…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Suspected heart failure - what to do? Expert recommendations up-to-date According to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guideline updated last year, heart failure is classified into HFrEF, HFmrEF, and HFpEF according to left ventricular ejection fraction. Regarding drug therapy, early…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Sports Medicine Hot Topics for Practice Sport is good for your health, but can too much sport even make you sick? Prof. Dr. Johann Scher, Chief Physician and Head of the University Center for Prevention and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetes mellitus Focus on research, focus on care At the first hybrid annual meeting of the German Diabetes Association, this year everything revolved around the motto “Hand in hand to the goal – simple.better.measurable”. Around 7000 participants learned…
