This content is machine translated Infectious diseases Epidemiologic challenges in prosthetic valve endocarditis. Medical advances have also had an impact on the epidemiology of infective endocarditis. Especially catheter valve implantations (TAVI) will be a major challenge in the future.
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease Platelet aggregation inhibition after stent implantation. After stent implantation, stent thrombosis is one of the most important acute complications. Effective platelet aggregation inhibition is therefore indicated. But what does this look like?
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Physical performance in cardiac patients Sport with pacemaker Sport is also possible with a pacemaker. What should I pay attention to when programming the pacemaker? What are the possibilities offered by frequency-adaptive aggregates? And what aspects need to…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Infective endocarditis Guideline-based diagnosis and therapy Not only because of its high mortality, infective endocarditis requires comprehensive treatment. Close interdisciplinary cooperation is necessary to achieve the best possible results.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Acute heart failure Diagnostics and initial stabilization Acute heart failure is a life-threatening situation that requires rapid and planned action. How does the clarification take place? What therapeutic measures are available? A look at initial stabilization in…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes: SGED recommendations update Reduction of cardiovascular complications as top priority Prevention of microvascular and macrovascular complications is an important overarching goal in the management of type 2 diabetes, and the current SGED guidelines have further informed decision making in cardiovascular…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Iron deficiency Effective management of a cardio-renal patient. Heart failure often does not come alone. One third of the patients also suffer from renal insufficiency. A major challenge here is the iron deficiency that often occurs. Interdisciplinary management…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Osteoarthritis and cardiovascular risk NSAIDs as mediators of cardiovascular disease? Osteoarthritis is usually treated effectively with NSAIDs. Pain and inflammatory processes can thus be contained. But does the treatment entail cardiovascular risk?
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Peripheral arterial occlusive disease From diagnosis to therapy – an update Unnoticed over a long period of time, peripheral arterial disease entails serious consequences. The narrowed vessels increase the risk of cardiovascular events – and life expectancy is also significantly reduced.
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cardiooncology Deciphering cardiotoxicity using relevant biomarkers. Biomarkers play a major role in cardiovascular disease. In addition to diagnosis and monitoring, they also appear to provide an early indication of cardiovascular side effects in malignancies.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Convincing results of TAVI studies New in the therapy of aortic valve stenosis Something is happening in the field of aortic valve stenosis therapy. The previous gold standard seems to be defeated by the results of transvascular aortic valve implantation.
