This content is machine translated Pulmonary vein isolation Pathophysiological considerations for the cause and therapy of VCF. Interventional therapy of atrial fibrillation is based on trigger elimination and substrate modification. Substrate modification refers to the creation of linear lesions in the left atrium and focal ablation at…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Lipid Management Current practice and future treatment options The lower the better and better early than late – this is the strategy in LDL treatment. While a new hopeful substance for LDL reduction is in development with the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Editorial Interventional percutaneous catheter ablation of VCF. When a patient presents for the first time with atrial fibrillation (AF) to the primary care physician’s office, an active search for possible secondary trigger factors, such as hyperthyroidism, should…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Erectile dysfunction Technical advances enable endovascular therapy Technical developments now allow endovascular treatment of smallest pelvic vessels in patients with erectile dysfunction. Vascular erectile dysfunction may serve as an early indicator of developing atherosclerosis, so angiologic evaluation…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Combined radiofrequency ablation Hybrid ablation for long-lasting persistent VCF. Standard therapy for symptomatic patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF <is percutaneous endocardial catheter ablation for 1 year if medical treatment is unsuccessful. Initial experience in Switzerland with hybrid ablation,…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Surgical treatment of VHF The Bern Ablation Algorithm Guideline recommendations for surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) vary, and often the success of treatment is closely tied to experience of the treating hospital, patient co-morbidities, and intensive interdisciplinary…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Obesity Diets make you fat It has long been known that diets make people fat, or are at the starting point of a long history of suffering for many a morbidly obese person. The following…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Editorial Obesity and metabolic diseases Obesity (BMI> 30 kg/m2) has developed relatively rapidly in industrialized nations from a marginal group phenomenon to a real socio-economic problem. The changed living conditions of our society have led…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Omega-3 fatty acids How big is the impact on metabolism really? The consumption of omega-3 fatty acids is associated with positive effects on the cardiovascular system. Direct mechanisms such as reduction of blood pressure, improvement of ejection fraction, platelet aggregation inhibition…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Data situation of an optimized treatment analyzed When the abdominal aortic aneurysm ruptures Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rBAA) can be treated either openly surgically or minimally invasively, i.e. endovascularly. Enthusiastic success stories suggest that the newer endovascular technique has finally made a breakthrough…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Bariatric and metabolic surgery When the will alone to lose weight no longer helps While bariatric surgery has become established for the treatment of obesity, surgical treatment of its concomitant diseases (metabolic surgery) opens up additional therapeutic options for arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia,…
