Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 1

Ischaemic type ECG-modifications are not always correlated to cardiac causes. We present a case of a 63-yearold man with metastatic kidney carcinoma who had ECGabnormalities suspicious for myocardial ischaemia due to a biliary problem, which were com...

Background: Patients with severe kidney disease and severe aortic stenosis requiring transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) represent a growing cohort. In this context, we investigated the feasibility and safety of a novel integrated approach...

The Swiss Amgen Cardiology Research Award is awarded for original research work in cardiovascular disease[...]

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[...]

Cardiovascular Medicine has established itself as the most important cardiology journal in Switzerland[...]

In this article based on the Grüntzig Lecture 2018 the author gives his personal memories and a review of the development of cardiology in the canton of Ticino.

A 80-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with fever and increased serum inflammatory markers (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein and leucocyte count)[...]

Detailed clinical assessment, the electrocardiogram and cardiac troponin form the three cornerstones of the early diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). After the clinical introduction of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays about 8 ye...

I much enjoyed reading this fascinating account of the history of interventional cardiology - written by someone who has been actively involved from the first hour[...]

Cardiovascular biomarkers play an essential role in the diagnosis, risk stratification and treatment of patients with cardiac diseases and in particular heart failure patients. However, the accuracy of most biomarkers is limited by confounding comorb...