2022 03 - 11 articles
1 March 2022
The reduction of blood pressure is associated with a significant reduction of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. After lifestyle interventions, antihypertensive drugs are routinely administrated to lower blood pressure. The optimisation o...
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: 1. The Swiss Amgen Cardiology Research Award is awarded for original research work in cardiovascular disease [...].
1 March 2022
L’hypothèse établissant un lien causal entre le cholestérol à lipoprotéines de basse densité (c-LDL pour low density lipoprotein en anglais) et les événements cliniques liés à l’athérosclérose, tels l’infarctus aigu du myocarde, l’accident cérébral v...
The sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors have become an integral part of the treatment of patients with high cardiovascular risk or established cardiovascular disease. In the present review, we summarise the available data from preclinical and...
1 March 2022
Occasionally, cardiac disease may manifest acutely with extracardiac symptoms. We present a patient case with pulmonary haemorrhage as the first manifestation of rheumatic mitral stenosis, which resolved completely after mitral valve surgery, and dis...
1 March 2022
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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) using biventricular pacing has become standard of care for patients with symptomatic heart failure, wide QRS and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <35% refractory to optimal medical treatment. Convin...
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An unprecedented increase in human life expectancy has taken place over past centuries, thus raising the number of elderly people globally. Despite advances in medicine, cardiovascular disease remains the major cause of mortality and morbidity among...
