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Managing the VTE risk in patients with CTD-ILD

People with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease have an increased risk for developing venous thromboembolisms. What risk factors do clinicians need to be aware of?

Making the most of GDMT in heart failure

Open Access Hypotension Review

The delayed titration of guideline-directed drug therapy (GDMT) is complex and often results in poor prognosis for heart failure patients. Are you using GDMT in the most effective way?

MERIT-1 study continues to support macitentan for CTEPH

25-04-2024 Pulmonary Hypertension News

Macitentan significantly improves pulmonary vascular resistance in people with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

How neuroimmunology affects the heart

Open Access Circulatory Disease Review

What is the brain’s involvement in cardiovascular disease pathology? Evidence suggests that neuroimmune mechanisms may play a key role. 

“Shark fin” ECG pattern: what does it mean?

Free for a limited time Cardiomyopathy Case Study

An ECG displaying "shark fin"-like characteristics in V3-V6 was seen in a patient with recent history of intestinal ischemia. Can you predict the final diagnosis?

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Keynote webinar | Spotlight on diet and diabetes

An expert-led symposium exploring the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes through dietary interventions. Highlights include discussion of the recent EASD guidelines, therapeutic diets, food types and processing, plus psychological factors that influence patient success, and the drivers of healthy eating and diabetes control.

Prof. Mike Lean
Prof. Falko Sniehotta
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A CPR-induced subpleural hematoma

Open Access Hematoma Case Study

Development of a pulmonary hematoma in the subpleural area after bystander CPR. Surgical intervention was successful. 

“Shark fin” ECG pattern: what does it mean?

Free for a limited time Cardiomyopathy Case Study

An ECG displaying "shark fin"-like characteristics in V3-V6 was seen in a patient with recent history of intestinal ischemia. Can you predict the final diagnosis?

Double trouble: dual outflow tract obstruction

Open Access Congenital Heart Anomaly Case Study

Do you know the symptoms of a double chambered right ventricle in a child? Discover how to recognise, diagnose, and treat such cases in your clinic with this insightful case report.

Current Reviews

Management of Cardiovascular Diseases by Short-Chain Fatty Acid Postbiotics

The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) defines “probiotics” as “microorganisms that, when consumed in adequate doses or concentrations, can benefit the consumer’s health” and comprise both bacteria (e.g. …

Chagas Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Sympathetic Denervation

Neurotomy Nuclear Cardiology (V Dilsizian, Section Editor)

Chagas disease (CD) is one of the most common yet neglected tropical diseases, affecting around 6 to 7 million people in the world. It is estimated that approximately 70 million people are at risk of exposure to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in 21 …

Progress of Mitochondrial Function Regulation in Cardiac Regeneration

Heart failure and myocardial infarction, global health concerns, stem from limited cardiac regeneration post-injury. Myocardial infarction, typically caused by coronary artery blockage, leads to cardiac muscle cell damage, progressing to heart …

Evolving Applications of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Left Atrial and Right Ventricular Strain

Open Access Echocardiography Echocardiography (JM Gardin and AH Waller, Section Editors)

Left ventricular (LV) strain is widely used in the detection of subclinical LV dysfunction (e.g., cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction), heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the assessment of LV diastolic dysfunction …

Cardiology Podcast

Episode 6: OCT for coronary imaging

The new normal in interventional cardiology?

New trial data comparing OCT and IVUS as imaging options in PCI has reignited excitement around the potential benefits of OCT in cardiology. 

Drs Niels Holm and Lene Andreasen bring us up to speed with the latest evidence, and explore whether we should expect to see this technology in use in our clinics in the future.

Dr. Lene Andreasen
Dr. Niels Holm

Episode 3: Unravelling resistant hypertension

Why is it so difficult to diagnose and manage?

Resistant hypertension is a difficult to treat and often misunderstood phenomenon that continues to frustrate cardiologists. 

In this episode, Professors Morris Brown and Bryan Williams debate the causes of resistant hypertension and explore novel treatment options.

Prof. Morris Brown
Prof. Bryan Williams

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Expert guidance on the multidisciplinary approach to identifying and managing chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, plus patient scenarios to assist your decision-making and put the latest clinical guidelines into context.

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Interact with experts from established amyloidosis centers who can offer you specialized guidance to support your mission to set up a local center. Network with other HCPs in your locality to discuss region-specific challenges in establishing amyloidosis centers. 

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Further Reading

Emergency department imaging utilization post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement: single institution 7-year experience

Open Access Aortic Valve Replacement Original Article

In the turn of the century, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has gradually overtaken surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) as the leading intervention for patients with aortic stenosis. 1 While the rates of procedural success is …

Continued decline in the incidence of myocardial infarction beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide study of the Swedish population aged 60 and older during 2015–2022

Open Access Myocardial Infarction COVID-19

The number of myocardial infarctions declined during the early COVID-19 pandemic but mechanisms behind these declines are poorly understood. COVID-19 infection is also associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction which could lead to …

Upper extremity versus lower extremity for secondary access during transcatheter aortic valve implantation: rationale and design of the randomised TAVI XS trial

Open Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Original Article – Study Design Article

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an established treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) across the entire spectrum of surgical risk [ 1 , 2 ]. Increased operator experience, reduction in sheath size and improved …

The Dutch Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry: progress report on the quest to identify the unidentifiable

Open Access Ventricular Fibrillation Original Article

When all identifiable causes of ventricular fibrillation (VF) are excluded with systematic diagnostic testing, a patient with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) due to VF is diagnosed as “idiopathic” (iVF) [ 1 ]. iVF is a rare diagnosis, and approximately …

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