This content is machine translated Rituximab, eculizumab, eprodisate New treatment options for glomerular diseases Glomerular diseases are important causes of end-stage renal failure. Pathogenetically, immune-mediated processes are in the foreground. Thanks to advancing knowledge of the pathophysiology and modern genetic engineering methods, there is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) PARTNER study shows survival benefit even after five years In September 2014, the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference was held in Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Samir Kapadia, Cleveland Clinic, USA, presented the 5-year results of the PARTNER study on behalf…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 19th Zurich Cardiovascular Day Brain stroke – a clinical picture from two different perspectives Two experts from different fields spoke on the topic of “cerebral stroke” at the 19th Zurich Cardiovascular Day. From a neurological perspective, cerebral microbleeds have been identified as a risk…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Ischemic strokes Why do they occur and how can they be prevented or treated? In this CARDIOVASC, the topic of stroke is examined from different perspectives. One is the causes and prophylaxis of cardiogenic and transcardiac embolic ischemic stroke and the other is endovascular…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Sodium chloride and hypertension Is the low-salt diet worth it? The benefit of salt restriction in arterial hypertension has been controversial for many years. About half of hypertensives and just under one-third of normotensives are salt sensitive. Increased salt intake…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Guidelines on arterial hypertension What is the best current therapy? The suspected diagnosis of arterial hypertension should be confirmed with ambulatory blood pressure self-monitoring or (better) by 24h blood pressure monitoring. In young patients, negative family history, stage 2 or…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Carotid stimulation Update on the current state of research The carotid stimulator is a device that electrically activates the baroreflex mechanism. As a result, sympathetic tone is attenuated and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is dampened, causing a reduction in blood…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Guidelines, telemonitoring, and lessons from negative studies. At the three-country meeting in Bern on the topic of heart failure, experts spoke about the implementation of the guidelines in practice and went into more detail about the possibilities…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated PAVK Rehabilitation Comprehensive therapy for a disease whose risk is underestimated Peripheral arterial disease (pAVD) is the manifestation of a disease that is often misjudged in its importance by patients, but also by physicians. Even if the overall prevalence is between…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Subclinical atrial fibrillation Do you remember? Compared with patients without AF, ischemic insults are significantly more frequent in patients with AF and are associated with more severe impairment and higher mortality. Adequate oral anticoagulation can effectively…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Symptomatic vertebral body hemangioma with neurological complaints Minimally invasive interventional therapy Case Report: In a 30-year-old female patient with lower extremity sensory disturbances, an MRI examination revealed multiple, vascular, tumor-like vertebral body lesions in the upper thoracic spine that corresponded to…
