This content is machine translated Herbal medicines for heart problems Wide range of options for various ailments Corresponding complaints can also be treated phytotherapeutically in cardiology. The focus here is on hawthorn (Crataegus species), which is especially suitable for the treatment of heart complaints (NYHA I and…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Cardiology The dawn of a new era Cardiology has evolved tremendously over the past decades. Interventional techniques and therapies have become safer and the results reproducible. Some of the surgeries that once required a sternotomy and heart-lung…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Stroke Symposium at the Inselspital Bern Still many unknowns in the management of cerebral hemorrhage On August 21, 2014, a stroke symposium was held at the Inselspital in Bern, organized by the University Department of Neurology. The first presentations focused on the structure and certification of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Intracerebral hemorrhage and stroke Nursing home residents do not benefit from occupational therapy after stroke Two lectures at the 23rd European Stroke Conference in Nice were dedicated to the topic of stroke. On the one hand, it was about effective prophylaxis. How can intracerebral hemorrhage…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute stroke Is blood pressure therapy useful? Updates on the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) were presented at this year’s European Stroke Conference in Nice. The results come in part from a long-term follow-up presented by…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pulmonary hypertension The specific therapy remains complex In a seminar at this year’s KHM Congress, PD Dr. med. Silvia Ulrich Somaini, University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most important aspects of pulmonary hypertension and how patients…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Smoking cessation A difficult task for those affected Tobacco consumption in Switzerland remains high: according to an estimate based on the CoRolAR survey, more than a quarter of the Swiss population aged 15 and over smokes. How can…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Dyspnea Important questions, dangerous traps, special facets “Try to relax and breathe calmly. Very calmly. If you now find breathing uncomfortable, you have already experienced the problem of dyspnea” – in this or a similar way, the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pneumology Do not jump to conclusions, but make an accurate diagnosis Dear colleagues, can you imagine that in an emergency department, when a heart attack is suspected, a registration to the cath lab is made without an ECG being derived beforehand?…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Cardiogenic and transcardiac embolic ischemic strokes. Causes and prophylaxis Cardiogenic emboli are mostly embolized thrombi from the left atrial ear in atrial fibrillation. Primary and secondary prophylaxis of ischemic cerebral events is based on their causality, if this can…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Stroke from a neuroradiological point of view Clarification of some interventional issues Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke focuses primarily on mechanical removal of thrombi from the affected cerebral vessel (mechanical thrombectomy). Using second-generation techniques (stent retrievers), high recanalization rates can be…
