Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 13, Issue 7

Ein 36-jähriger Patient stellte sich bei seinem Hausarzt vor, nachdem er auf einer Skitour eine Woche zuvor Dyspnoe, Herzrasen, ein thorakales Druckgefühl und Schwindel verspürt hatte [...]

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy can cause symptoms such as dyspnoea, angina pectoris and syncope. First-line pharmacological therapy includes betablockers, verapamil and disopyramid. However, 5–10% of patients with left ventricular outflow tr...

Principle: Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) is frequent in Switzerland. Heart rate plays a key role in the ischaemic cascade and its control remains a milestone in treatment of patients with symptomatic angina pectoris. The aim of the present stu...

Endovascular and surgical treatment of peripheral arterial disease. Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation of atherosclerosis, with a prevalence ranging from 4% to 12% in the adult population and increasing up to 20% in...

In the January 2009 number of Kardiovaskuläre Medizin the Swiss Society of Cardiology published “Recommendations for quality maintenance in echocardiography”, [...]

We present the case of a young woman who was resuscitated on an aircraft shortly before take-off [...]

Pulmonary hypertension in adults with hyperthyroidism is often unrecognised. Although the mechanism is uncertain, the reversal of pulmonary hypertension following restoration to an euthyroid state supports a causal relationship. This case report is o...

A 54-year-old man was hospitalised because of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction [..]