This content is machine translated Highlights from the ESH Congress in Milan Adherence should be well monitored At this year’s ESH Congress in Milan, more detail was provided on how to improve adherence and compliance in hypertension therapy. In particular, simplification of drug treatment results in better…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated American Association for Thoracic Surgery, May 2013 in Minneapolis. On the cutting edge of cardiac surgery This year’s annual meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery was held in Minneapolis. Prof Thierry Carrel presents his personal highlights.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated News from the AGLA Swiss compromise in atherosclerosis prevention With the adapted guidelines of the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS), the Working Group Lipids and Atherosclerosis of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (AGLA) has found a compromise for risk assessment,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Vertigo clarification in practice Correct diagnosis for vertigo made easy Patients with complaints of dizziness often report primarily to their primary care physician, giving general practitioners an important triage role. Here, history and clinical examination should first aim to distinguish…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Power and condition Sport in heart disease – what is allowed? In general, physical activity is healthy and useful even for heart patients. This was the basic message of the presentation by Thomas Weber, MD, Olten, and Matthias Wilhelm, MD, Bern.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Type 2 diabetes therapy Three steps to the goal Firstly, lifestyle measures, secondly metformin, thirdly individualization – according to Prof. Marc Donath, MD, Basel, Switzerland, this is how type 2 diabetics are treated today. Depending on the individual situation,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Hypertension Treatment Increase Awareness, Compliance and Adherence! Although many hypertensive patients perform regular blood pressure measurements at home, a large proportion of these patients – 51% in the SWISSHYPE study published in 2011 [1] – are inadequately…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Roundtable discussion Use of conventional NSAIDs and coxibs in high-risk patients. Conventional NSAIDs and coxibs differ in their risk profile and tolerability, which is particularly important to consider in high-risk patients. But how to proceed? HAUSARZT PRAXIS in conversation with four…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple causes, multiple clinical pictures Glomerulonephritis Renal insufficiency requiring dialysis can be the result of glomerular disease that is recognized too late, usually with nonspecific symptoms and signs. Screening for renal pathologies therefore includes not only…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Diagnosis & Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure When the heart weakens in old age With increasing age, both the incidence of heart failure and the importance of diastolic dysfunction increase. Symptoms are often nonspecific in old age. Diagnosis is no different from that in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Treatment for resistant hypertension using renal denervation Diabetics could benefit from reduction of sympathetic tone About ten percent of treated hypertensives have high blood pressure that cannot be adequately controlled despite combinations of three or more antihypertensives. These patients may be helped by interrupting sympathetic…
