Cardiovascular Medicine

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Research Grant of the Swiss Society of Hypertension

by Swiss Society of Hypertension

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 300; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00590 - 14 Nov 2018

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Every 2 years, the SSH awards a research grant to support Swiss clinical and experimental research in the field of hypertension and associated complications [...] Full article

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Dual Tachycardia Involving the Cavotricuspid Isthmus and Eustachian Ridge

by Ivan Zeljkovic, Sven Knecht, Antonio Madaffari, Dominik Mannhart, Sarah Burri, Andrea Germann, Christian Sticherling and Michael Kühne

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 296; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00593 - 14 Nov 2018

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The Eustachian ridge is ablated as part of the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) involved in typical atrial flutter (AFL) ablation, but is itself rarely an arrhythmogenic focus. We report a case of a patient with dual tachycardia involving the CTI area. During an electrophysiology [...] Read more.

The Eustachian ridge is ablated as part of the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) involved in typical atrial flutter (AFL) ablation, but is itself rarely an arrhythmogenic focus. We report a case of a patient with dual tachycardia involving the CTI area. During an electrophysiology study including ablation of the CTI, a second slightly irregular local tachycardia with potentials on the distal ablation catheter was noticed. After termination of AFL during the CTI ablation, the local tachycardia was persistently recorded at the Eustachian ridge, without affecting the atrial tissue or the stable sinus rhythm. Additional radiofrequency ablation in this area terminated the local tachycardia. Full article

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Die Wiederauferstehung der Renalen Denervation

by Thomas F. Lüscher

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 290; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00591 - 14 Nov 2018

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Chirurgische Untersuchungen aus den 50er Jahren zeigten, dass eine renale Sympathektomie zu einer Senkung des Blutdrucks und der erhöhten Mortalität bei Hypertonikern führt [...] Full article

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Cardiac Amyloidosis

by Sofie Brouwers, Natallia Laptseva, Bernhard Gerber, Rahel Schwotzer, Frank Ruschitzka and Andreas J. Flammer

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 282; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00592 - 14 Nov 2018

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Cardiac amyloidosis is a prototype of restrictive cardiomyopathy and should be considered in any adult with unexplained heart failure and an echocardiography result suggestive of amyloidosis [...] Full article

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Forty Years of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

by Bernhard Meier

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 278; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00589 - 14 Nov 2018

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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) probably represents the most important contribution to world medicine of all time coming out of Switzerland [...] Full article

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Open AccessReview

Smoking, Smoking Cessation and Cardiovascular Risk

by Isabella Sudano, Jens Barthelmes and Brigitt Kubli

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 274; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00588 - 14 Nov 2018

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Smoking is a widely-recognised risk factor for several diseases, including cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease and cancer at several sites, and is a primary cause of premature morbidity and mortality. As early as 1964, the first report of the US Surgeon General pointed out [...] Read more.

Smoking is a widely-recognised risk factor for several diseases, including cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease and cancer at several sites, and is a primary cause of premature morbidity and mortality. As early as 1964, the first report of the US Surgeon General pointed out that cigarette smoking has detrimental health effects, summarising studies from the United Kingdom and the United States. Following those initial efforts, a vast body of research grew across all fields of medicine, surgery and public health, focusing on the role of tobacco as cardiovascular risk factor, the danger of active and passive smoking, and the health effects of smoking cessation. This review aims to summarise the available evidence on the effect of tobacco on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and the effect of smoking cessation on cardiovascular risk and disease. Full article

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Open AccessEditorial

Political Correctness Oder das Ende der Aufklärung

by Thomas F. Lüscher

Cardiovasc. Med. 2018, 21(11), 270; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2018.00587 - 14 Nov 2018

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«When you suppress an idea, you suppress every debate it might inspire for all time.» [...] Full article

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