01 2014 - 9 articles
Balloon-sizing of the aortic annulus can be considered the “gold-standard” for annulus-assessment for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) – comparable to intraoperative surgical sizing tools. We report a case of an 83 year-old patient refe...
Clinical effects of catheter-based renal nerve ablation in the case of treatment-resistant hypertension Background: High blood pressure is one of the most common chronic cardiovascular diseases. Despite a plethora of drugs to lower blood pressure, ad...
This fourteen year-old girl was referred to our outpatient clinic because of recurrent episodes of unexplained syncope [...]
The Swiss Society of Cardiology (SSC) has created the Otto Hess Trainee Award to recognize and support trainees in cardiology, who have made a significant contribution to research in the field of cardiology at an early stage of their career [...]
Am Universitären Herzzentrum des UniversitätsSpitals Zürich (USZ) wurde bei einem Patienten mit schwerer Herzschwäche kürzlich erfolgreich die 400 [...]
Die ärztliche Praxis ist eine Kunst, kein Handelsgeschäft, eine Berufung, kein Laden; eine Art Erwählung, die das Herz ebenso wie den Kopf fordert [...]
Der Schweizerische Nationalfonds (SNF) hat 2013 erneut Förderbeiträge für longitudinale Kohorten studien ausgeschrieben, welche wichtige volksgesundheitliche Probleme in der Schweiz untersuchen sollen [...]
The study aim was to investigate the predictive value of the circulating vascular endothelial growth factor-1 (VEGF-1) level measured repeatedly in hypertensive patients after ischaemic stroke. Methods: The study included 102 patients with mild to mo...
Systemic embolism is a classic complication of infective endocarditis. Coronary involvement and acute myocardial infarction (MI) are rare and increase mortality significantly. Recognising this unusual entity is crucial to provide adequate care. Percu...
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