Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 19, Issue 3

During the 2010 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress [...]

The Swiss Society of Cardiology (SSC) has created the Otto Hess Trainee Award to recognise 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 [...]

Rules for entry: [...]

A 56-year-old male smoker with dyslipidaemia was admitted because of a 20-minute history of substernal chest pain and ST-segment elevation (STE) in the anterolateral leads (fig. 1a) [...]

The case report describes a new flexible pusher cable (HyperionFlex-Pusher) intended for safer percutaneous atrial septal defect device closure.

Over the past few years, the field of cardiac stimulation has witnessed the accelerated development of leadless cardiac pacing, a technology first conceived almost 50 years ago. Currently, two fully intracardiac devices allow single-chamber right-ven...

A 32-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with fainting, headaches, nausea and fatigue, associated with episodes of syncope. She reported a medical history of fainting, dizziness and vertigo of unknown origin since her childhood. Duri...

Questions under study/principles: Peer-assisted learning (PAL), the instruction of less experienced students by advanced “peer” students, increasingly gains popularity. In addition, for acquisition of skills the use of mannequins as a substitute for...

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement has become the gold standard for assessing myocardial ischaemia and has been recommended in both American and European guidelines as an aid to deciding whether or not to perform myocardial revascularisation....

Current guidelines for ECG interpretation in athletes—the “Seattle Criteria” According to most surveys, sudden cardiac death is the most common sports-related cause of death amongst young athletes, whether during training or competitions, both for pr...