2010 03 - 8 articles
Although the Swiss Society of Cardiology has existed for 50 years, it had no official organ until the board of the society, under the then visionary leaderships of Matthias Pfisterer and followed by Bernhard Meier,decided to approve a proposal of Tho...
Das letzte Jahr des ersten Jahrzehnts des neuen Jahrhunderts hatte es in sich für die Schweiz: Steuerprobleme mit den USA, Geiseln in Libyen, ein ebenso blamabler wie vergeblicher Gang nach Canossa unseres Bundespräsidenten zu dessen Herrscher, einem...
Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during treatment-resistant cardiac arrest in the catheterisation laboratory is exceedingly difficult, for practical reasons and on grounds of efficacy and safety. Mechanical chest compression devices ma...
We report the case of a 79-year-old lady with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation who successfully underwent a novel technique of percutaneous edge-to-edge valve reconstruction using a metallic clip. [...]
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme on exercise capacity, left ventricular (LV) function and diameter and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in a cohort of stable h...
Un patient de 73 ans, connu pour une cardiomyopathie hypertrophique concentrique à prédominance septale est hospitalisé en raison d’une aggravation de sa dyspnée. [...]
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a valuable, last chance treatment for non-reconstructable chronic critical ischemia of the heart or of the limbs. Principally, it induces vasodilation of the microcirculation. Lack of information on the possibilities...
Background: Rotational atherectomy is used as a lesion preparation tool in severely calcified coronary arteries prior to stent implantation. Controversy exists over whether rotablation should be performed due to the presence of severe calcifications...
