This content is machine translated Severe heart failure Diagnosis of heart failure: when is the disease severe? Around 200,000 patients in Switzerland live with a diagnosis of heart failure. Up to 10% of them develop progressive symptoms. At what point is severe heart failure diagnosed and what…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Challenge accepted: Diagnosis and Therapy in Transition Advances in science are making it possible for fewer and fewer people to die from heart attacks. The downside, however, is that coronary artery disease persists and is the most…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Anticoagulation Effective therapy of tumor-associated thromboembolism under discussion. What is the optimal therapy for tumor-associated venous thromboembolism? This question was addressed by two renowned scientists who weighed up the advantages and disadvantages of the available treatment options.
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes Focus Heart & Kidney: Update on the 2019 ESC and ERA-EDTA Guidelines. Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of both cardiovascular events and the development of chronic kidney disease. These aspects are therefore increasingly finding their way into current…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Vascular Protection Prophylaxis recommended for risk factors According to current evidence, there is no statistical benefit of general routine screening. However, this does not apply in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis and cardiovascular comorbidities. Complex interaction structure: Implications for therapy Cardiovascular comorbidities in psoriasis may lead to a reciprocal influence of systemic therapies with implications for disease progression. Early detection and treatment are important factors in disease management
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Acute coronary syndrome Utility of fSENC MRI in the acute setting. Fast strain-encoded imaging (fSENC)-MRI can detect fractional length changes of myocardial fibrils between end-systole and end-diastole within a very short time. However, to date, this procedure has not been used…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular events Study suggests anti-atherosclerotic effect from omega-3 fatty acids “Fish oil” as a heart protector is always controversially discussed – and just as contradictorily tested. Some studies can demonstrate a protective effect, many others cannot. Now, for the first…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics The elderly cardiac patient – is maximal therapy appropriate? Demographic change also brings new challenges to medicine. Polymorbid patients require an individual and at the same time holistic approach. What treatment is appropriate in these cases and when should…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Chronic kidney disease Effective blood pressure reduction helps prevent CKD Chronic kidney disease is a progressive disease closely associated with hypertension. In a large number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy, consistent blood pressure reduction could have prevented end-stage renal…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease. When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras – or sometimes you do Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease is most commonly caused by passive pressure elevation due to increased left-sided filling pressures. While isolated postcapillary pulmonary hypertension is common, only a small…
