11 2015 - 7 articles
«Es lebe der Sport» hiess in den 80er Jahren einer der bekanntesten Hits des österreichischen Chansonniers Rainhard Fendrich. Er besang in diesem ironischen Liedtext die Unfallgefahren in diversen Fernsehsportarten bzw. die Sensationslust der Zuschau...
18 November 2015
A 22-year-old primigravida presented to the antenatal clinic at 34 weeks of gestation [...]
18 November 2015
Guidelines defining competency for performing procedures involving cardiac implantable electronic devices and catheter ablation of arrhythmias have been published by the Working Group of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology of the Swiss Society of Ca...
An update on hypertensive heart disease. Longstanding and uncontrolled arterial hypertension is frequently associated with a hypertensive heart disease with / without heart failure. Hypertensive heart disease in its full expression is characterised b...
Worldwide, but especially in western countries, there is an epidemic of physical inactivity with its known detrimental health-related effects. Physical activity and regular physical exercise remain difficult to implement especially in sedentary elder...
Introduction: Several prospective multi-center randomized trials have established the efficacy of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to assess the mid-term results after AF ablation in a real-world...
Regular physical activity is associated with appreciable cardiovascular benefits but, paradoxically, vigorous exertion increases the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes by 2- to 3-fold compared with nonathletes. The exact incidence of spor...
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