Surviving the financial climate
Earlier disease detection will save healthcare services
Cardiovascular diseases
Nicotine addiction
Like obesity it is harder to treat than high BP or cholesterol. Now Spanish cardiologists are urging a new approach to patients who smoke.
Material solutions
Innovative materials and technologies for medical devices are on show by GE Plastics.
The Lancet highlights cardiac research
Among the research articles published in this issue, are some ...
The European Institute of Molecular Imaging
The First European Institute of Molecular Imaging (EIMI) was foundet at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Muenster, Germany.
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.
Statins are cardioprotective
Researchers demonstrate decreased 'no-reflow' and better preservation of ventricular function in animals treated for only two days with a statin.
The highest spend in EU
The UK spends more of its healthcare budget on cardiovascular disease than any other country in the EU.
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.
Slow breathing and blood pressure
Understanding the way people breathe might explain how the body regulates blood pressure and much else.
Pulmotension
EU multidisciplinary lung research project aims to cure pulmonary hypertension.
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?
HD training for cardiac surgeons
A Dutch company organises international postgraduate education programmes for cardiologists, run by the firm's Director, cardiologist Ton Hooghoudt MD PhD.
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.
Tobacco
Previous studies have shown that tobacco smoking increases the risk ...
Women, doctors and heart disease
'Positive action is needed to more and more raise awareness of gender differences and cardiac disease - even among cardiologists.'
PET/CT
PET/CT combines PET's ability to precisely measure regional myocardial blood flow with the capability of multislice CT imaging.
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.
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
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.
