Cardiovascular diseases

Women, doctors and heart disease

'Positive action is needed to more and more raise awareness of gender differences and cardiac disease - even among cardiologists.'

Coronary Heart Disease

With ever-improving stents, cardiologists can deal with ever more complex cases. Will bypass surgery soon be a thing of the past?

The Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research

The objective of the CNIC is to lead cardiovascular research in Spain and establish itself as a leading international centre.

Drug therapy for heart-endangering staphylococcus infections

Researchers demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of a new drug for treating bloodstream and heart infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.

BMI does not predict outcome for HD patients

The body mass index (BMI) is not a reliable indicator for obesity and therefore cannot predict the outcome for patients with heart disease.

The Lancet highlights cardiac research

Among the research articles published in this issue, are some ...

Pulmotension

EU multidisciplinary lung research project aims to cure pulmonary hypertension.

Statins are cardioprotective

Researchers demonstrate decreased 'no-reflow' and better preservation of ventricular function in animals treated for only two days with a statin.

Tobacco

Previous studies have shown that tobacco smoking increases the risk ...

PET/CT

PET/CT combines PET's ability to precisely measure regional myocardial blood flow with the capability of multislice CT imaging.

The highest spend in EU

The UK spends more of its healthcare budget on cardiovascular disease than any other country in the EU.

Article • Freezing cardiology

Cryoablation – a safer therapy for children with arrhythmias

Freezing abnormal electrical pathways in the hearts of young patients may be a safer alternative to zapping them with powerful radiofrequency probes to treat tachycardias and other arrhythmias, according to Dr Fabrizio Drago, of the Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome. ‘If you have a child with a supraventricular tachycardia due to a re-entry circuit, or a target very close to the atrioventricular…

CVD and women

New initiative aims at clarification and education.

Drug reduces body weight plus cardiovascular risk

Respiratory diseases

From burden to therapy. By Andrea Rossi MD, Director of the Respiratory Division at Bergamo General Hospital Bergamo, Italy, and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Respiratory Society

The artificial patient

Progress

Scientific meetings held since 1998 at Alpbach, Germany, have attracted the sponsorship of leading associations and companies such as the Philip Morris External Research Programme, the Donors Association of German Science, Swiss National Fund, the German Heart Centre Foundation, Berlin, and Philips Medical Systems. At the 4th Alpbach Meeting, which focused on Magnetic Resonance, Contrast…

Women and heart disease

We asked Professor Badiale about progress in the understanding of women and heart disease.

Test could reveal CD death risk

Stenting: Dynamic growth continues

Paris, France - The explosive growth in demand for drug eluting stents has shaped a market worth more than six billion euros annually.

Intelligent textiles

The latest textile technologies go along with fabric integrated sensors, or computers, to measure e.g. the functioning of a patient's cardiovascular system.

German Congress of Radiology

Berlin became the venue for the German Congress of Radiology this May, for the second time. 118 exhibitors showcased products on 4,900 square metres, and the event attracted 7,000 radiologists, and 970 medical-technological radiology assistants (MTRA) to convene simultaneously, leading some to suggest the city will be the future home of the Congress.