Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 2

Estimation of pressure in the right heart by Doppler echocardiography. With the exception of patients with severe form, pulmonary hypertension is a difficult clinical diagnosis. Symptoms are usually non-specific and physical examination rarely reveal...

The foramen ovale, a survival from the foetal circulation, remains patent in approx. 25% of the population, in whom it renders possible an intracardiac right-left shunt during the (short) periods when right atrial exceeds left atrial pressure. In rec...

Ibutilide (Corvert@) is an intravenous class Ill antiarrhythmic agent used for the treatment of recent onset atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Pharmacological effect occurs within 30—60 min, and the efficacy approaches 30—44% in patients with at...

A 21-year-old man was referred to the intensive care unit in a comatose state following heroin overdose.

Regelmässige Veranstaltungen kardiologischer Abteilungen Colloques des Services de cardiologie

Thienopyridine platelet antagonists in acute coronary syndrome – practical recommendations based on the CURE study. The acute coronary syndrome comprises the clinical spectrum of unstable angina and myocardial infarction which may be associated with...