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Cocoa Flavonols and Cardiovascular Risk
Author(s): Norman K Hollenberg Added: 3 years ago
Chocolate and cocoa are gifts of the Americas to the rest of mankind. When the Spanish conquistadors came to the New World about 500 years ago, they found ingestion of cocoa to be part of the Inca culture. Its use was reserved for royalty, and its function involved sexual interest and sexual performance—the king had a substantial harem. In the past several hundred years, a wide variety of medical… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
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Author(s): Karen R Lui Added: 3 years ago
TodayÔÇÖs medical professional hardly goes a day without reading about or discussing the topic of 'disease managementÔÇÖ. While the term 'secondary preventionÔÇÖ has been around much longer, the newly emerging term refers to managing the chronic illness of large populations. The implications of this rapidly growing strategy are great for the future delivery of secondary prevention services to… View more

Heart Failure
Management of Cardiovascular Disease During Pregnancy
Author(s): Nandita S Scott Added: 3 years ago
The US has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, at an estimated 26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births. This rate is rising, although it is falling in other wealthy nations.1 Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of maternal death, so cardiologists need to build on their knowledge and enhance their proficiency on the management of cardiovascular disease during pregnancy.2 … View more

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Heterogeneous Populations
The goal of the CICT Conferences is to promote high quality, patient-centered, clinical and technical decision-making in the field of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine. The uniqueness of the CICT conferences lies in the open forum transparent discussion of controversial topics allowing free flowing interaction between audience and faculty. The content of these meetings addresses a wide range… View more
Author(s): Sanjiv Kaul Added: 3 years ago
Contrast echocardiography (CE) is 40 years old this year. Gamiak and Shah first described the use of ultrasound (US) contrast in 1968 during the early days of M-mode echocardiography.1 In that study, US contrast was produced by inadvertently introducing air bubbles in the indocyanine green solution that was injected into the left heart during cardiac catheterisation and observing its appearance… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
BCIS Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2024
Start date: Jan 31, 2024 End date: Feb 02, 2024
The highly anticipated British Cardiovascular Intervention Society's flagship conference, Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention, is now officially open for registration. This is the first BCIS ACI conference led by BCIS President, Prof David Hildick-Smith.This event promises an opportunity for BCIS members to connect with peers from across the nation. It's a gathering of like-minded individuals,… View more

Intervention
Value Creation Through AI and Cardiovascular Imaging
Author(s): David Playford , Kate Hanneman Added: 2 months ago
In this video, Dr Kate Hanneman (University of Toronto, CA) and Prof David Playford (Hollywood Private Hospital, AU) sit down to discuss the main talking points raised by the recent AHA scientific statement, "Value Creation Through Artificial Intelligence and Cardiovascular Imaging".Recorded remotely from Toronto and Nedlands, 2024.Editor: Jordan RanceVideo Specialist: Dan Brent View more

Digital Health
Author(s): Christopher M Kramer Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Ischemic Heart Disease Left Ventricular Structure and Function at Rest The most fundamental quantitative measurements of the heart include those of ventricular size and function. Due to its high spatial and temporal resolution and the freedom to image in any plane, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is especially suited for this task… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
COVID-19 Pandemic and Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s): Aniket S Rali , Andrew J Sauer Added: 3 years ago
In late December 2019, an outbreak of an unknown disease called a pneumonia of uncertain cause occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.1 Over the next few days, several independent laboratories identified the causative agent as a novel coronavirus.2–4 The WHO has temporarily named this virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the related infectious disease… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure