This content is machine translated New guidelines for acute pulmonary embolism Close monitoring in patients at intermediate risk of mortality. The ESC issued new recommendations on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism toward the end of last year [1]. The most relevant innovations compared with the 2008 version…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) 1-year results of the SAPIEN 3 study At EuroPCR, the Congress of Interventional Medicine, held in Paris in May 2015, the latest results of various studies on TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) were presented, among other topics.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Overweight and sport How can you improve your energy balance? The Federal Statistical Office is merciless! The publication released by the FSO at the end of 2014, based on the Swiss Health Survey conducted every five years, makes it clear:…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Therapy update on atrial fibrillation Important concepts and new paradigms in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a dynamic arrhythmia that requires individual and broad investigations and therapeutic approaches. Comprehensive treatment of atrial fibrillation patients is based on five pillars: 1. prevention of thromboembolic…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapeutic treatment of hypertension Field reports from a family practice The following article deals with the opinion that only harmless complaints can be treated with phytotherapy and that synthetic drugs are needed for “real” diseases. Experienced doctors can successfully treat…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated ACC Congress in San Diego “Universal antidote” of the future? An antidote to Factor Xa inhibitors is making great progress in clinical trials: Andexanet alfa. New results were presented at the American College of Cardiology Congress in San Diego: According…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Symposium Interventional Cardiology Too much of a good thing or not enough? The Interventional Cardiology Symposium at the University Hospital Zurich was also dedicated to anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents. Here, the question was “one, two, or three?” As it turned out, the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Fitness for work and sport with congenital vitias Discuss career options early and realistically Recommendations and counseling on career exploration and vocational suitability must be provided to patients with congenital heart defects during adolescence and are important prerequisites for a successful career and vocational…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Annual meeting of the SGAD Gut, heart and hormones – do they influence the risk of depression? On April 16, 2015, the annual symposium of the Swiss Society for Anxiety Disorders and Depression (SGAD) took place for the sixth time. The connections between depression and organic diseases…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The athlete ECG Differentiate normal from pathological changes Talking about the behavior of the heart under the effect of physical performance is tantamount to a (pleasant) return to the history of sports medicine, because the study of the…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 8th spring cycle in Lucerne Sport – the best anti-aging remedy of our time The eighth spring cycle took place at Lucerne Cantonal Hospital in March. Among the topics discussed were the cardiovascular effects of regular physical activity. How important is physical activity for…
