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Submit an abstract to ESC Congress 2014, the world's largest and most influential cardiovascular event of the year. Deadline is 14 February. You can also: Register | Book your hotel Topics: Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Arrhythmias, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Basic Science, Cardiac Tumours, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management, Cardiovascular Nursing, Cardiovascular Surgery, Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD), Clinical pharmacology, Computers in Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, Diabetic heart disease, Diseases of the Aorta and Tra...
Source: ESC News and Press - December 4, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Left atrial appendage occlusion in octogenarians: Short‐term and one‐year follow‐up
Conclusions: LAA closure is a safe and efficacious method of stroke prevention in the very elderly with atrial fibrillation. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - November 21, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sameer Gafoor, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, Patrick Boehm, Luisa Heuer, Maik Gonzaga, Janine Bauer, Annkathrin Braut, Simon Lam, Laura Vaskelyte, Ilona Hofmann, Horst Sievert Tags: Original Study Source Type: research

"Cardiovascular diseases should be higher on the political agenda" said Tonio Borg, the EU commissioner for health.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the EU, but it is not yet given enough importance on the political agenda, according to Tonio Borg, who has scheduled an EU summit on chronic diseases at the beginning of next year.He spoke at the launch of the Cardiovascular Health Week, an initiative by the MEP Heart Group. Read the article. Topics: Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Arrhythmias, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Basic Science, Cardiac Tumours, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management, Cardiovascular Nursing, Cardiovascular Surgery, Chron...
Source: ESC News and Press - November 12, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Sensitivity of transcranial doppler and transoesophageal echocardiography for the detection of patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke
Conclusions TCD with bubble test is sensitive and specific for the detection of right–to–left shunts due to PFO confirmed at right heart catheterisation. In this population, TOE had low sensitivity for RLS. There was no difference in physical PFO size between TOE positive and negative patients.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Morhij, D., Dani, K., Stewart Hillis, W., Muir, K. Tags: Headache (including migraine), Neuroimaging, Stroke, Hypertension, Ischaemic heart disease, Radiology, Radiology (diagnostics) Association of British Neurologists (ABN) joint meeting with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London, 23-24 October 2013 Source Type: research

Systemic Hypertension in Low Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
CONCLUSIONS: Systemic hypertension in LG severe AS with preserved EF is associated with elevated LV filling pressures and pulmonary hypertension. Treatment of hypertension with vasodilator therapy results in a lowering of the total LV afterload, with a decrease in LV filling pressures and pulmonary artery pressures. These findings have important implications for the management of patients with LG severe AS with preserved EF and hypertension. PMID: 23956211 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation - August 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eleid MF, Nishimura RA, Sorajja P, Borlaug BA Tags: Circulation Source Type: research

Impact of glomerular filtration rate on clinical outcomes following carotid artery revascularization in 11,832 patients from the care registry®
Conclusions: CKD patients have a greater number of comorbidities, and worse unadjusted in‐hospital and 30‐day outcomes, CKD was not, however, an independent predictor of in‐hospital and 30‐day outcomes after carotid artery revascularization. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - July 1, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Luis Gruberg, Allen Jeremias, John H. Rundback, H. Vernon Anderson, John A. Spertus, Kevin F. Kennedy, Kenneth A. Rosenfield Tags: Original Study Source Type: research

Abstract 47: Presentation and Outcomes of Women Veterans with Suspected Ischemia and Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the VA Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Program. Poster Session I
Conclusion: Between October 2007 and September 2011, 23% of women veterans undergoing catheterization for suspected ischemia had non-obstructive CAD. In contrast to non-VA studies, adverse clinical outcomes and re-hospitalization rates for chest pain were less frequent. These findings may represent systematic differences in treatment and follow-up care of women veterans between VA and non-VA healthcare systems.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - May 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nkonde-Price, C., Plomondon, M., Maddox, T. M., Rumsfeld, J., Duvernoy, C. Tags: Poster Session I Source Type: research

Pulsatile haemodynamic parameters are predictors of survival in paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension
Conclusions: The parameters of both the pulsatile and static pulmonary circulations are strong independent predictors for transplant-free survival, and therefore can be of complementary value in assessing disease severity, predicting survival and guiding treatment in paediatric PAH.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - January 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johannes M. Douwes, Marcus T.R. Roofthooft, Beatrijs Bartelds, Melle D. Talsma, Hans L. Hillege, Rolf M.F. Berger Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

A Clinical Phenotype of Adverse Response to Biventricular Pacing: A Case Series
ConclusionsA phenotype of adverse response to biventricular pacing is characterized by relatively narrow QRS duration, RV dysfunction, and pulmonary hypertension. Clinical decline is rapid and associated with the development of RBBB‐type morphology, worsening of pulmonary hemodynamics, and RV dysfunction with biventricular pacing.
Source: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE - January 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: HOONG SERN LIM Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

P077 * Evaluation of two-dimensional strain echocardiography in quantifying right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Conclusion: The right ventricular longitudinal systolic function can be evaluated accurately and objectively by Two-dimensional strain Echocardiography.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements - February 23, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Liu, Y., Pan, L., Zhang, Z. N., Shi, Z. H., Wang, Y., Jing, Z. C., Lee, W. Y., Chan, M. C., Cheun, T. K., So, K. H., Yu, C. M., Lee, W. Y., Pang, T. Y., Kong, W. Y., Chan, K. H., Kwok, L. M., Chan, S. W., Ko, S. S. W., Tam, C. W. Y., Fok, B. S. P., Hu, M. Tags: Hypertension Source Type: research

Acute absolute vasodilatation is associated with a lower vascular wall stiffness in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Abstract: Background: Acute vasoreactivity testing (VT) is considered mandatory in the diagnostic work-up of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We studied the relation between the acute absolute arterial vasodilatation and the severity of vascular remodeling estimated by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in patients with idiopathic PAH.Methods: Simultaneous right heart catheterization and IVUS of the pulmonary artery (PA) were performed both in basal conditions and during short-term intravenous epoprostenol infusion in nineteen idiopathic PAH patients. Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVRi) and capacitance in...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - July 26, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: Juan C. Grignola, Enric Domingo, Rio Aguilar, Manuel Vázquez, Manuel López-Messeguer, Carlos Bravo, Antonio Roman Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Neurology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Cleveland ClinicHypoglossal Nerve Palsy during Meningococcal Meningitis. NEJM, 10/2014.Absent Superficial Abdominal Reflex due to thoracic spinal cord neuromyelitis. NEJM, 05/2014.Kayser-Fleischer Rings in Wilson ' s Disease. NEJM, 03/2012.Perilymph Fistula Test leads to nystagmus. NEJM, 01/2012.A stray bullet in the brain - with no deficit of power, cognition, sense of touch, or speech. Lancet, 01/2012.Blindness after Fat Injections. NEJM, 12/2011.Internal-Carotid-Artery Dissection and Cranial-Nerve Palsies. NEJM, 12/2011.A Head Shot. NEJM, 12/2011.Multiple Intracranial Tuberculomas. NEJM, 10/2011....
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Images Neurology Source Type: news

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