This content is machine translated Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) Genetics and risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary heart muscle disease. The clinical picture ranges from asymptomatic patients to manifest heart failure and sudden cardiac death (SCD). The mainstay of…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) A dangerous and often unrecognized heart failure It is common for the diagnosis of PPCM to be made only in cardiogenic shock because of rapid exacerbation of heart failure or misinterpretation of symptoms as pregnancy-related or postpartum…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Infarct patients Medication follow-up in the family doctor’s office After acute treatment in the center hospital, the therapy of infarct patients is not complete. In addition to lifestyle changes, treatment of blood pressure, cholesterol, or any heart failure, antithrombotic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Alternative to prosthetic heart valve replacement Complete reconstruction of the aortic valve with autologous pericardium Aortic valve stenosis is the most common valve disease in the Western population. Surgical correction by reconstruction has been used almost exclusively for aortic valve regurgitation. With the TriRec procedure,…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Therapy approaches Mind-expanding substances as new possibilities for therapy Affective disorders and stress-related illnesses are an increasing global health care challenge with rising socioeconomic costs. A considerable proportion of patients do not respond or respond only temporarily to the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Blood products Transfusions and haemovigilance In Switzerland, approximately 300,000 labile blood products are transfused per year. Approximately ten adverse events per 1000 transfusions are reported. With increasing knowledge of the individual transfusion reactions, the number…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Hepatitis C infection Therapy for all The newer therapeutics for chronic hepatitis C are now available to all infected patients regardless of fibrosis stage. DAA combinations make the disease curable in over 95% of cases.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cardiomyopathy Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) Takotsubo syndrome is an important differential diagnosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome and is associated with a significant risk of life-threatening complications. It predominantly affects postmenopausal women and often…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated A risky interaction Cannabis and incipient psychosis Cannabis is one of the most common psychotropic substances in the world, along with nicotine and alcohol. What are the effects of regular cannabis use on the likelihood of developing…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Psychopathology, neuropsychology, endocrinology. Sex differences in psychosis onset Patients with onset psychosis show only minor, if any, sex differences in symptomatology. Some studies found more pronounced minus symptoms in men, while women more often had affective and psychotic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Violence and abuse Conflict patterns of domestic violence in the elderly with neuropsychiatric disorders. Maltreatment of the elderly with neuropsychiatric disorders is common, usually as a result of informal, family caregivers becoming overwhelmed. A vague suspicion can best be clarified with questions from the…
