This content is machine translated Atrial fibrillation In practice more and more often The prevalence of atrial fibrillation is increasing. Screening of all patients 65 years of age and older is recommended because symptoms are often not very specific. Atrial fibrillation is a…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Acute decompensation in pulmonary hypertension. Intubation means certain death How to deal with acute decompensation in pulmonary hypertension in case of right heart failure was discussed during the DGP congress in Munich.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Iron supplementation In heart failure, think of iron deficiency (anemia)! Iron deficiency is a common comorbidity in patients with heart failure and has been associated with increased mortality and hospitalizations. The benefits and safety of iron supplementation were examined in…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Tilt training Escape from powerlessness Fainting spells, often due to low blood pressure and/or heartbeat, can be prevented by regular training of the autonomic nervous system.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Removal of pathogenic substances Lipoproteinapheresis – therapeutic option for familial hypercholesterolemia Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in homozygous expression and patients with severe hypercholesterolemia require extracorporeal removal of pathogenic proteins, protein-bound pathogenic substances, or cells from the blood. Lipoprotein apheresis appears to…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Radiology Assessment of coronary arteries in children Radiologic imaging in children and adolescents must take into account their individual, age-related physical and psychological concerns. Not always easy.
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Hypertension Management Do not disregard blood pressure in acute apoplexy Whether or not hypertension after apoplexy needs to be treated depends on a variety of factors. First, penumbra is dependent on systolic blood pressure, but a 10 mmHg increase in…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Management of cardiac arrhythmias Anticoagulation in high-risk patients Adequately treating high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation with anticoagulants in clinical practice is often a fine line. An increased risk of bleeding, as well as the increased prevalence of renal…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Rare functional disorder of the structurally healthy heart muscle Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a rare ion channel disease without macroscopically detectable structural cardiopathy. It occurs exclusively in childhood and adolescence and has a high mortality if untreated.…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Cardiomyopathies Cardiac amyloidosis as a cause of heart failure. Typical of cardiac amyloidosis is the development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). New diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options are now shedding a different light on this rare,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Sudden cardiac death in athletes Do sports medicine check-ups help? The sudden cardiac death of an apparently healthy athlete is shocking. Despite low incidence, work is being done on ways to detect SCD early. …
