Cardiovascular Medicine

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Echocardiographie et Sources Cardiaques d'embolie

by Nadia Benyounes, Nabila Haddour and Ariel Cohen

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01468 - 20 Jan 2010

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Cardioembolic stroke is the second cause of ischemic stroke, with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography, mainly transesophageal echocardiography, is very useful for the diagnosis and risk stratification of the various potential cardiac causes of embolism. These can be stratified in [...] Read more.

Cardioembolic stroke is the second cause of ischemic stroke, with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography, mainly transesophageal echocardiography, is very useful for the diagnosis and risk stratification of the various potential cardiac causes of embolism. These can be stratified in major cardiac sources, with a high known potential embolic risk and specific treatments, and minor sources, statistically associated with stroke. Nevertheless, in the latter causal implication is not well established. Full article

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6. Cardiovascular Roundtable, CARTA

by Ruth Amstein, Stefan Toggweiler and Thomas F. Lüscher

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01473 - 20 Jan 2010

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Bereits zum sechsten Mal wurde am 23. [...] Full article

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Inflammation and Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) – A Clinical Research Network Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation

by Christian M. Matter, Roland Klingenberg, Christian Templin, Lukas Altwegg, Lorenz Räber, David Carballo, Reto Auer, Ulf Landmesser, Willibald Maier, Stephan Windecker, Peter Jüni, François Mach, Pierre-Frédéric Keller, Nicolas Rodondi and Thomas F. Lüscher

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 31; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01471 - 20 Jan 2010

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In February 2009, the Universities of Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich joined forces for the project “Inflammation and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) – Novel strategies for prevention and clinical management”. This clinical research program underwent peer review and was accepted as part of [...] Read more.

In February 2009, the Universities of Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich joined forces for the project “Inflammation and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) – Novel strategies for prevention and clinical management”. This clinical research program underwent peer review and was accepted as part of the Special Program University Medicine (SPUM) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation for three years (2009–2011). The goals of this research program will be pursued within five cooperative subprojects: (1.) PREVENTION/ ELIPS will focus on prevention after ACS by improving patient education and counseling health care providers, (2.) BIOMARKERS will discover novel genomic biomarkers of ACS, (3.) PROGNOSIS will evaluate novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in a large cohort, (4.) IMAGING will visualise the vulnerable plaque and total plaque burden using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and (5.) REPAIR will characterise the role of inflammation for progenitor/stem cell-mediated repair after ACS. We anticipate that fulfilling the aims within these subprojects will provide novel strategies for prevention and clinical management of ACS. “SPUM-ACS” is listed on www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01000701 and present on the internet www.spumacs. ch. Full article

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Switzerland Reports “Courant Normal” in Interventional Cardiology, 30 Years After Inventing It

by Bernhard Meier

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01472 - 20 Jan 2010

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In this issue, the Working Group of Interventional Cardiology of the Swiss Society of Cardiology reports about activities in interventional cardiology in the year 2007, 30 years after the world’s first case of coronary angioplasty on September 16, 1977, at the University Hospital [...] Read more.

In this issue, the Working Group of Interventional Cardiology of the Swiss Society of Cardiology reports about activities in interventional cardiology in the year 2007, 30 years after the world’s first case of coronary angioplasty on September 16, 1977, at the University Hospital of Zurich (considered to be the starting point of interventional cardiology as a discipline). [...] Full article

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“Poor Man’s CRT”

by Niklas Ehl, Peter Ammann and Stefan Osswald

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 29; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01470 - 20 Jan 2010

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A 79-year-old male was admitted to our outpatient clinic with symptomatic heart failure (HF). [...] Full article

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Subclavian Steal Syndrome: A “Not-So-Unexpected” Cause of Syncope in a Patient with Ischaemic Cardiopathy and a CRT-D Device

by M. Arrigo, A. Sorgente, G. Vassalli and T. Moccetti

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01469 - 20 Jan 2010

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The authors report on a patient with ischaemic cardiopathy and chronic congestive heart failure treated with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy device with a defibrillator back-up (CRT-D), who experienced two syncopal episodes. The first syncope was associated with an episode of fast ventricular arrhythmia, [...] Read more.

The authors report on a patient with ischaemic cardiopathy and chronic congestive heart failure treated with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy device with a defibrillator back-up (CRT-D), who experienced two syncopal episodes. The first syncope was associated with an episode of fast ventricular arrhythmia, correctly recognised and cardioverted by the internal defibrillator. The second episode was independent from arrhythmias but was caused by a transient decrease in cerebral flow, due to a subclavian steal syndrome. This case highlights the importance of differential diagnosis in case of syncopal episodes, even in a clinical context, particularly prone to arrhythmias, such as ischaemic cardiopathy. Full article

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Asymptomatic Right Atrium Extension of a Hepatocellular Carcinoma Detected by Echocardiography

by Danielle Zaugg, Salah Dine Qanadli and Andres Jaussi

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01467 - 20 Jan 2010

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This report describes a case of involvement of inferior vena cava and the right atrium (RA) by a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), incidentally discovered during a transthoracic echocardiography in a patient with segmental left ventricular dysfunction, 18 years after a myocardial infarction and with [...] Read more.

This report describes a case of involvement of inferior vena cava and the right atrium (RA) by a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), incidentally discovered during a transthoracic echocardiography in a patient with segmental left ventricular dysfunction, 18 years after a myocardial infarction and with a moderate calcified aortic valvular stenosis. Full article

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Interventional Cardiology in Switzerland During the Year 2007

by Micha T. Maeder, Stephan Windecker, Marco Roffi, Christoph A. Kaiser, Jean-Christoph Stauffer, Giovanni Pedrazzini and Hans Rickli

Cardiovasc. Med. 2010, 13(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2010.01466 - 20 Jan 2010

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Background: Since 1987, a nationwide annual survey of percutaneous cardiac interventions is performed in Switzerland in order to assess trends with respect to type and frequency of endovascular cardiac procedures. Methods: Volume and type of endovascular procedures performed during the year [...] Read more.

Background: Since 1987, a nationwide annual survey of percutaneous cardiac interventions is performed in Switzerland in order to assess trends with respect to type and frequency of endovascular cardiac procedures. Methods: Volume and type of endovascular procedures performed during the year 2007 were collected, by means of a standardised questionnaire, from all adult invasive cardiac intervention centres in Switzerland. Results: A total of 37 489 coronary angiographies (CA; 2006: 36 817; +1.8%) and 17 080 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI; 2006: 17 061; +0.1%) were performed in 28 centres (5 university, 10 public, nonuniversity, and 13 private hospitals). Most PCI (92%) were performed ad hoc, and 80% of them were single vessel interventions. Stents were used in 91% of all PCI (2006: 89%). Drug-eluting stents (DES) were predominantly used although at a lower rate than during the previous year (2007: 71% of all stents; 2006: 82%). Emergency PCI for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction accounted for 22% of PCIs (2006: 20%). Whereas the numbers of valvuloplasties of the mitral (n = 40), aortic (n = 20), and pulmonary (n = 6) valves did not differ from previous years, transcatheter aortic valve implantation was introduced as a new therapeutic intervention (n = 18). The number of procedures for patent foramen ovale (PFO; n = 624; 2006: 515) and atrial septal defect closure (n = 116; 2006: 88) continued to increase. Conclusions: In 2007, the increase in the number of CA and PCI continued to flatten but did not decrease in Switzerland. The use of DES remained high, although there was a decrease compared to the previous year. In contrast, procedures for percutaneous PFO and atrial septal defect closure were performed with increasing frequency. During that year, transcatheter aortic valve implantation was introduced. Full article

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