This content is machine translated Cardiogenic shock - 2025 update Between standardization, team processes and targeted cycle support Cardiogenic shock (CS) is and remains the most dramatic form of acute circulatory failure in cardiology. Despite decades of intensive research, hospital mortality has long remained in the range of...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Avoiding the nocebo trap with natalizumab biosimilars Monoclonal antibodies such as natalizumab are indispensable for multiple sclerosis therapy. A first recently approved biosimilar is clinically equivalent, as studies have shown. Nevertheless, reservations are widespread in practice. Patients...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated COPD and comorbidities Exacerbation frequency is associated with cardiopulmonary disease burden Exacerbation severity and frequency are crucial for the prognosis of COPD, but also appear to have a major impact on the course of comorbidities. There is a growing body of...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation 2025 Pulsed field versus radio frequency – where do we stand? In the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), catheter ablation has developed from a specialized option to the mainstay of a modern rhythm strategy within a decade. In 2025, two developments...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Case study Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome in a 2-year-old girl The patient, who had a phenotype characterized by hypertelorism, thick eyebrows and other features, was found to have a c.517C>T nonsense mutation in the KMT2A gene. This rare heterozygous mutation...…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated From the late residual valve to independent therapy Tricuspid interventions 2025 For a long time, the tricuspid valve was considered the “forgotten valve”. In 2025, there is nothing left of it. Within just a few years, an independent, evidence-based field has...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Brain health News from the Swiss Brain Health Plan (SBHP) 2023-2033 The high burden of neurological and psychiatric diseases makes a national strategy and close interdisciplinary collaboration essential. The Swiss Brain Health Plan (SBHP) 2023-2033, a comprehensive initiative to promote brain...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dapagliflozin for T2D and heart failure Epicardial fat reduced in patients with type 2 diabetes and HF The co-occurrence of heart failure (HF) and diabetes leads to a higher risk of complications, higher mortality and worse outcomes than either disease alone. Studies have shown the importance of...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Friedreich's ataxia Treatment options have improved Friedreich’s ataxia is a hereditary neurodegenerative disease that is classically characterized by uncoordinated movements, postural and gait disorders, as well as balance and visual disorders. Subgroups of those affected also...…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) Best possible serotype coverage in the respective age group The disease burden of pneumococcal infections is highest in <5-year-old children and ≥65-year-old adults, as well as in the presence of certain comorbidities and in immunocompromised individuals. In Switzerland, there...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated AI-supported imaging and new biomarkers CHD diagnostics update Coronary heart disease remains one of the key challenges in cardiology. However, the way in which it is diagnosed is changing rapidly. Computed tomographic coronary angiography (CCTA), fractional flow reserve...…
