This content is machine translated Treatment concepts for psoriasis Offering customized therapy It is scientifically proven that it is worth discussing the pros and cons of different treatment options with patients. In general, shared decision making has a favorable effect on clinically...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Avian influenza in humans Respiratory complaints more likely with chickens than with cows In recent years, more and more infections with the H5N1 influenza A virus have been detected in mammals. Humans are also at risk, and therefore fear of this highly pathogenic...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Neuromodulatory approaches Neurocardiology: key mechanisms and clinical implications Neurocardiology is a comparatively young, interdisciplinary field that deals intensively with the (patho-)physiological interactions between the nervous system and the cardiovascular system. The fact that emotions and stress can affect...…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Characteristics, prognosis and different evolutionary paths Progression of chronic heart failure Despite numerous scoring systems, estimating the prognosis of chronic heart failure (HF) is a major challenge. The MECKI score is an established tool for risk assessment, but usually only takes...…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Current status and future prospects Cell and gene therapies in modern cardiology Cell and gene therapies are considered highly innovative but also challenging approaches in modern cardiology. While early hopes for adult stem cells from bone marrow or skeletal muscle were largely...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRwt-CA) Diagnosis at an early stage, prognostic classifications and outlook Cardiac amyloidosis, especially wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRwt-CA), has become increasingly important in recent years. Originally, it was considered a rare disease with a (mostly) late age of manifestation. Recent...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Liver cirrhosis Liver cirrhosis – a term coined by the French doctor René Laënnec at the beginning of the 19th century – is the final stage of chronic liver disease. The connective...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Venous thromboembolism prevention PCSK9 inhibitors: Current evidence, mechanisms and unanswered questions Venous thromboembolism (VTE), consisting of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the third most common cause of cardiovascular mortality worldwide after myocardial infarction and stroke. Despite continuous...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute myeloid leukemia QuANTUM wild-type Phase 3 trial for patients with FLT3-ITD-negative AML started Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common forms of leukemia in adults. To date, there are no approved FLT3 inhibitors for patients with FLT3-ITD-negative AML, although sustained...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Therapy for stress hyperglycemia Which insulin is best for glycemic control? Hyperglycemia leads to poorer clinical outcomes, with increased morbidity and mortality in both critically ill and non-critically ill people. Improving blood glucose levels reduces length of hospital stay, systemic infections...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Personalized medicine in the focus of treatment management Do we need more therapies? This question is being asked more and more frequently at congresses. The reason for this is the large number of new approvals in recent years.…
