2014 06 - 8 articles
The annual grant 2012 of the Swiss Society of Cardiology enabled me to receive practical training for research application of various modalities real time three-dimensional (RT 3D) echocardiography and three-dimensional speckle tracking (at the Unive...
Depuis 2002, le comité de la Société Suisse de Cardiologie (SSC), sur préavis d’une commission ad hoc de trois de ses membres, alloue une subvention annuelle de l’ordre de CHF 10 000 à un ou plusieurs jeunes médecins [...]
Case presentation An 80-year-old female Caucasian patient presented at the emergency room (ER) with dizziness and presyncope [...]
Updated appraisal of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation. Catheter ablation is a cornerstone for management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Numerous prospective randomised trials have demonstrated the superiority of catheter ablation...
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the general population and its prevalence is increasing as the population becomes older. It is related to an increase in the incidence of stroke, but also to an overall increased morbidity and mort...
Das 14. D reiländertreffen Herzinsuffizienz findet vom 2.–4. Oktober 2014 im Auditorium Ettore Rossi des Inselspitals Bern statt [...]
We describe the case of a 57-year-old man who had received a biventricular ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) 2 years previously for malignant ventricular arrythmia and cardiac arrest in the setting of ischaemic heart disease. He experience...
Background: Diabetic patients are at an increased risk of developing heart failure after myocardial infarction, particularly when left ventricular function is severely impaired. We aimed to investigate the influence of diabetes on the development of...
