This content is machine translated Nutrition in cardiovascular diseases Do food additives lower the risk of heart attack? One of the workshops at the annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology on June 12, 2014, examined the role of diet in cardiovascular disease. How do alcohol, omega-3…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Congress of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Fat people think faster Dozens of new study results were presented at this year’s European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and International Society of Hypertension Congress in Athens. The focus was not only on high…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Amyloidoses Heart complaints can give first indication In the field of rare diseases, there is an enormous need to catch up in terms of knowledge, correct diagnosis and therapy. Many primary care physicians are also feeling this…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated PARTNER study To what extent do diabetic patients with severe aortic valve stenosis benefit from TAVI? The PARTNER trial was the first randomized trial to demonstrate that TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) is a valid alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients at high surgical…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Stroke Outreach Mobile Experts advocate complementary studies When a clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain, as happens in strokes, every minute counts. The Stroke Emergency Mobile (STEMO) of the Berlin STEMO Consortium of the Fire…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Edwards SAPIEN 3 How does the new generation perform in practice? With CARDIOVASC, PD Patrick Diemert, MD, of the University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany, discussed the advantages of Edwards’ new generation of TAVI heart valves. He discussed the advances over older…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Heart failure Cofactors and therapeutic approaches This issue of CARDIOVASC focuses on “Heart Failure.” This is a still underestimated condition that mainly affects the elderly population and is associated with a progressive deterioration in quality of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Iron and heart failure Iron deficiency and anemia worsen prognosis in heart failure Iron deficiency is a common comorbidity in chronic heart failure and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality independent of the presence of anemia. In chronic heart failure, annual anemia…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 1st Bern Atrial Fibrillation Day Current questions and answers about the most common cardiac arrhythmia Atrial fibrillation (VHF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia, already affects about 100,000 people in Switzerland. Within the next 50 years, the prevalence is expected to double. Reason enough to give…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Congress of the American College of Cardiology (ACC 2014 Washington) News and scientific highlights At the end of March, more than 13,000 cardiologists from around the world gathered in Washington DC to present and discuss the latest scientific findings in the field of prevention,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Heart failure and heart replacement procedures When should the primary care physician refer the patient? Heart replacement procedures are increasingly important and highly effective therapeutic procedures for affected patients. Despite the progress made in recent years, they are still mistakenly seen as the “ultima ratio”.…
