This content is machine translated News on pulmonary embolism at the ACC congress First randomized trial of ultrasound-assisted lysis For the first time ever, a randomized trial compares a catheter-based procedure with standard therapy for pulmonary embolism. The treatment option appears promising, according to data from the ULTIMA trial…
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 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,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Cardiology Update Davos What is the CHD risk of HIV patients? The afternoon session on Thursday, February 14, 2013, focused on specific areas of cardiology at the Cardiology Update. How is perioperative myocardial infarction treated? And what is the latest evidence…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rosacea Addressing known factors with therapy Although globally accepted international consensus guidelines are lacking for the treatment of rosacea, the numerous therapeutic options are very much based on evidence-based criteria, as PD Dr. med. Peter Häusermann…
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 5 min This content is machine translated Androgenetic alopecia in men and women Only the same term, but not the same disease If hair begins to thicken in a man or woman, there are many ways to react to this symptom. If the despair caused by hair loss is great, the hair…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic non-specific back pain Interdisciplinary therapy brings the desired success Basically, nonspecific back pain is a benign condition, but it is very common in industrialized countries and thus has a major socioeconomic impact. The basic pillars of diagnostics are a…
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 5 min This content is machine translated Tips from the hair consultation Empathy and an honest opinion are valued In addition to expertise, patients with hair loss need advice above all. Dermatologist Myriam Wyss Fopp, MD, offers this in her hair consultation. She also led the Zurich study site…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Percutaneous interventions or surgical revascularization? Comment on the 5-year results of the SYNTAX study. In the SYNTAX study, a total of 1800 patients were randomized in 85 hospitals in the United States and Europe. The two treatment groups were one interventional and the other…
