This content is machine translated Suspicion of coronary heart disease Stress echocardiography, MR heart or computed tomography heart? The diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cost driver in the healthcare system, due to the frequency of CHD and the frequent residual uncertainty after a diagnostic… CME-Test
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Suspicion of coronary heart disease Stress echocardiography, MR heart or computed tomography heart? The diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cost driver in the healthcare system, due to the frequency of CHD and the frequent residual uncertainty after a diagnostic… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated "Treat-to-Target" or "High Intensity". Which statin strategy is better? Titrated individually according to LDL target value (“Treat to Target”) or uniformly high doses for all patients (“High Intensity”)? Which of the two strategies is clinically better in the case…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis What is the role of the IL23/Th17 pathway in cardiovascular comorbidities? The IL23/Th17 axis plays an important role in the pathophysiology of psoriasis. A growing body of evidence suggests that inflammatory processes are involved in many cardiovascular and metabolic diseases associated…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hypothyroidism For those over 60 years of age and CHD, dose-reduced substitution. Hormone replacement therapy is still considered the standard treatment for hypothyroidism. Attention should be paid to an adequate dosage regimen. Dose reduction is indicated in those over 60 years of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic coronary syndrome Risk stratification in coronary artery disease – an update. Coronary CT is highly ranked for the work-up algorithm in the updated European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Calcification is an important prognostic indicator and has therapeutic implications. Among other…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease Place of omega-3 fatty acids and aspirin in primary prevention. Hypertension, elevated blood lipids or diabetes are among the risk factors of CHD. Omega-3 fatty acid substitution and aspirin administration are preferred as primary prevention. But is that still in…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease Well supplied with bypass Cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease (CHD), lead the statistics for the most common diseases in western industrialized countries and are the most common cause of death in Germany.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease (CHD) Blood pressure reduction – how deep is deep enough? Coronary artery disease correlates closely with arterial hypertension. Therefore, to prevent damage to the left ventricular myocardium or the risk of stroke, blood pressure should be lowered. Only how far?
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Coronary heart disease (CHD) Clarification by means of coronary CT Coronary CT allows direct visualization and assessment of the coronaries after i.v. contrast administration and can exclude CAD in symptomatic patients with high negative predictive value. It takes little time…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Cardiac imaging What is the role of myocardial scintigraphy, PET, and SPECT? Myocardial perfusion studies using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are established methods with high diagnostic accuracy for noninvasive ischemia diagnosis in suspected and known CAD.…
