2011 02 - 8 articles
Understanding the pathways that chauffeur pathological remodelling in the failing heart still remains challenging. Myocardial inflammation is a common cause of pathological tissue remodelling in the heart promoting development of heart failures, ofte...
Metallic coronary stents have been developed to overcome acute complications after percutaneous coronary intervention. However, this durable implant is associated with complications in the long-term, such as stent fracture, re-stenosis and thrombosis...
Guidelines for remote monitoring of implanted devices for diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias and heart failure. Implanted devices for diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias and heart failure comprise event recorders, pacemakers, automatic defibri...
Guidelines 2011 on the treatment by cardiac pacing, defibrillation and percutaneous catheter ablation. In 2000 the Working Group on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology of the Swiss Society of Cardiology published guidelines on the diagnosis and trea...
A 86-year-old man was hospitalised because of a cerebral vascular attack [...]
Atherosclerosis remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Switzerland and worldwide despite improvements in its management. Epidemiological data and experimental as well as translational studies indicate that high-density lipoprotein (H...
Background: Risk prediction for myocardial infarction currently uses global risk assessment tools (PROCAM, SCORE or NCEP III). Their sensitivity is however low (about 33%). Emerging risk assessment tools are increasingly applied, but the incremental...
Ein historischer Rückblick bis zurück an die Schwelle zum 18 [...]
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