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Hemodynamic-based Assessment and Management of Cardiogenic Shock
Author(s): Jaime A Hernandez-Montfort , Diana Miranda , Varinder Kaur Randhawa , et al Added: 2 years ago

Heart Failure

MI/ACS
Author(s): Robert C Hendel Added: 3 years ago
Heart disease, specifically coronary artery disease (CAD), is the leading cause of death and disability among both men and women in the US. Reductions in blood supply due to narrowings of the arteries that supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients (coronary arteries) result in chest pain and shortness of breath and may lead to permanent scarring of the heart muscle, as in the setting of a… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Ahmad Younes , Guilherme Ferragut Attizzani , Ankur Kalra Added: 3 years ago
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a recent innovation that has transformed the care of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. It has emerged as an alternative for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in prohibitive-, high-risk, and more recently, intermediate-risk surgical patients. More than 200,000 TAVRs have been performed in 65 countries around the world.1 As… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Author(s): Richard Solomon Added: 3 years ago
The Problem of Contrast-induced Nephropathy Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is an increasingly common cause of acute renal failure in both hospitalized patients and out-patients. The growth in contrast-enhanced imaging and interventional procedures is one cause of the increased incidence of CIN. An aging patient population, with more comorbidities such as reduced renal function, may be… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Introduction to CV Health Concerns Among LGBTQ+ Populations
Author(s): Billy A Caceres , Carl Streed Added: 2 years ago
In this video Dr. Billy A. Caceres(Columbia University School of Nursing, US) meetsDr. Carl G. Streed (Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, US) to give an introduction to the topic of cardiovascular health concerns among LGBTQ+ populations for healthcare professionals (including physicians, nurses, physician assistants) with expertise in primary care, cardiology, preventive… View more

Demographic

Standards & Guidelines
Added: 3 years ago
One-third of Patients Not Receiving Defibrillation in Time Patients are not receiving defibrillation soon enough after initial cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Delay in defibrillation—defined as coming after more than two minutes—is associated with a lower survival rate and lower likelihood of return to spontaneous circulation following… View more

Standards & Guidelines

MI/ACS
End-expiratory Versus Averaged Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure Measurements for the Diagnosis of Exercise-induced HFpEF
Author(s): Oliver Mithoefer , Jacob Read , Carson Keck , et al Added: 4 months ago

Heart Failure
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Author(s): W Douglas Weaver Added: 3 years ago
As we enter 2008, many diverse influences are acting on cardiologists, tugging us in multiple directions. First, we still do not know whether we will be the object of a 10% reimbursement reduction from Medicare. In addition, there may be additional cuts for imaging, as the costs for such have increased greatly over the past few years and are not sustainable at the current annual increase in… View more

MI/ACS
Bernard Kwok
Dr Bernard Kwok is a Cardiologist at Farrer Park Medical Centre, and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore. Dr Kwok was formerly governer of the Singapore Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, and President of the Singapore Cardiac Society. He also founded the Heart Failure Society in Singapore. His research… View more