Prof. J. RTC. Roelandt's obituary
Friends and ESC colleagues were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Jos Roelandt, a former chairman of the ESC Working Group on Echocardiography (1976-82) and president of the Dutch Society of Cardiology (1995-97). Professor Roelandt, who was Emeritus Chairman of the Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam and a founding editor of the European Journal of Echocardiography in 1999, passed away at the end of August. The ESC sends its sincere condolences to his wife and family.
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source...
Source: ESC News and Press - September 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
After the Mediterranean diet, now try a Nordic diet
The new Nordic diet, specially created to bridge the sometimes conflicting interests of health, gastronomy and sustainability, offers the potential to help weight control and reduce blood pressure. The diet, Thomas Meinert Larsen will explain, was first developed after Danes described difficulties integrating a Mediterranean diet into their regular eating habits. Read more
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
New in Barcelona: a battery-free pacemaker, local anaesthesia in TAVI, and mapping AEDs
Swiss scientists are adapting technology from automatic watches to power pacemakers with nothing more than the motion of the beating heart.
Local anaesthesia (LA) is as safe and effective for TAVI as general anaesthesia (GA), according to new registry results.
‘Geographic optimisation modelling’ can be used for identifying the best locations for automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), according to French investigators.
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Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation, Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention (PCI) (Sour...
Source: ESC News and Press - August 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Adapting to a changing environment in research, education and technology
With medicine at a cross-roads for ‘critical change’, ESC President Professor Panos Vardas said it was ‘imperative’ for the Society to adapt to fast evolving modern environments. Read more (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Three ESC gold medallists for 2014
Sir Rory Collins, Petr Widminský and Alain Carpentier received ESC honours at the ESC Congress 2014 opening ceremony. Read their stories here. (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
ESC Guidelines on myocardial revascularisation
Myocardial revascularisation – by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or surgical placement of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) – is one of the most important treatment principles in cardiology. However, both the identification of patients who require revascularisation and selection of the method to achieve restored blood flow must be carefully performed in order to maximise benefit and avoid procedures that do more harm than good. Read more
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Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Arrhythmias, Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention (PCI), Myocardial Di...
Source: ESC News and Press - August 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
ESC ‘nearer the heart of European politics’ with new Brussels bureau
The ESC opened its Brussels bureau in February 2013 to be nearer the heart of European politics. Known as the European Heart Agency, the bureau now houses European Affairs, the European Heart Health Institute and the European Heart Academy. Read more (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 30, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
NEW: Donwload the EHRA Key Messages app
EHRA offers you now the possibility to get some of the reference scientific documents in your pockets, always with you. Download it now.
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Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation, Syncope (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 30, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Will your research project make the grade? EACPR can help
Calling all young researcher starting a new project! Wondering if your work will make an impact or if it's really original? Benefit from expert advise and discuss your project with a senior scientist through the EACPR Reaserch Project Support programme. Find out more and submit your project today!
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Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
NEW! Research Support Project
Are you a young researcher starting a new project? Are you facing questions such as: will my work contribute to science or is it really original? Discuss these questions with a senior scientist and get a starting guidance. We can help: send a request to an EACPR mentor!
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Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Special session for GPs will review recent research highlights
This year's ESC Congress has three special sessions for nurses, allied professionals and general practitioners, all taking place today. In addition, one of the best attended sessions of ESC Congresses is the Take Home Messages for Practitioners, which starts at 13:30. In Munich last year more than 2000 filled the congress hall for that session. The co-chairman of this year's session, Gonzalo Baron Esquivias from Seville, previews the likely highlights. Read more
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The Cardiac Consult, Cardiovascular Nursing (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 26, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Public awareness of SCD a priority for local society
Barcelona will be the centre of attention during these five intense days and our task as the local scientific society is to draw attention to sudden cardiac death. In Spain alone there are more than 40.000 sudden cardiac arrests per year and fewer than 5% survive. Treatment in the first minutes after an arrest makes the difference between life and death. Read more
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management, Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 26, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
ESC introduces five new practice guidelines, with a range of tools for everyday application
This year's ESC Congress will see the launch of five new ESC Guidelines: Non-Cardiac Surgery, Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Aortic Diseases and Myocardial Revascularization. The guidelines were developed by expert Task Forces under the governance of the ESC’s Committee for Practice Guidelines. All in all, more than 100 experts are involved in the development of each one. Read more & access the Guidelines (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 25, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Barcelona: a city of design, large promenades, blue sea, and a melting pot of cultures
Prof Lina Badimon: Welcome to our effervescent and beautiful city in which we are meeting once again. I don't have to introduce Barcelona to many of you who know the city as well as I do, but for those who have been here just few times or are coming for the first time, let me tell you that you have made the right choice to mix your science with a visit to this remarkable city. Read more (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - August 25, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
‘Strongest scientific programme yet’ for ESC Congress 2014
'The ESC Congress has become the dominant scientific and educational forum in cardiology,' says Professor Keith Fox, chair of the Congress Programme Committee. 'It’s the place where the most innovative clinical and basic science studies get presented. That our meeting is now the number one international event in cardiology is underlined by higher-than-ever numbers of submissions from non-European countries.' Read more
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Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Arrhythmias, Basic Science, Heart Failure (HF), Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear, Percuta...
Source: ESC News and Press - August 25, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
