Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 17

Last June the Swiss Society of Cardiology met for the first time [...]

Die Spitalleitung des Kantonsspitals Aarau hat per 1. Januar 2018 PD Dr. Laurent M. Haegeli [...]

Platelet inhibition represents the cornerstone of cardiovascular therapy, owing to the central role of platelets in the genesis of acute ischaemic events. The aim of this article is to review current evidence and trends in coronary dual antiplatelet...

Atrial standstill is a rare but serious condition, characterised by the absence of atrial electrical and mechanical activity. It potentially leads to syncope, congestive heart failure, stroke and sudden death. It can affect the atria partially or tot...

A 66-year-old man presented with substernal chest pain of one hour’s duration and electrocardiographic evidence of acute inferior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction [...]

On the occasion of the AGLA Update Meeting on January 11, 2018 in Bern [...]

Cardiac surgery developed rapidly in the seventies and eighties of the last century, followed by a period of stabilisation and finally a numerical decline in 21st century. Coronary bypass surgery has been largely supplanted by percutaneous interventi...

A 51-year-old patient suffered from recurrent atypical thoracic pain. Clinical examination, cardiac biomarkers and electrocardiography were unremarkable [...]