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Coarctation: A Review
Author(s): Marc G Cribbs Added: 3 years ago
The incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is slightly less than 1% of all live births.1 With extensive medical and surgical innovation over the past 50 years, and the high-quality care received in childhood, 85–90% of children with CHD in the US survive into adulthood. As a result, the number of adults with congenital heart defects in the US now exceeds 1 million, with a projected continued… View more

Heterogeneous Populations
Author(s): Ijeoma Isiadinso , Nanette K Wenger Added: 3 years ago
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease CVD is the leading cause of death in Europe and the United States. CVD mortality is on the decline in many countries, and in several European countries, cancer has now surpassed CVD as the leading cause of death.1 However, CVD remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States and results in more female deaths than cancer, lung… View more

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Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai
Job title: Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Dr Sree Kondapally is an Interventional Cardiology Fellow at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in England. He completed his cardiology training in London, including sub-specialty training in PCI. He also holds research degrees from the University of Cambridge, and his academic work centres around cardiovascular epidemiology. Dr Kondapally has won a number of prizes and honours including:… View more
Job title: Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Prof Lip is Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is also director of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital. He is also Distinguished Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark; and Adjunct Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. He is also Visiting Professor at the… View more
AHA 2019: Empagliflozin on Erythropoietin Levels
Author(s): David Mazer Added: 4 years ago
Dr David Mazer (University of Toronto, Toronto, CA)discusses the effect of empagliflozin on erythropoietin levels, iron stores and red blood cell morphology in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. Questions: 1. Why did you conduct this research? 2. How did you collect and analyse these data and what was the patient population? 3. What were your findings? 4. How should… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Alan S Maisel Added: 3 years ago
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are significant health risks affecting a large part of the population. In both diseases, early detection and initiation of treatment significantly reduce the risk of serious adverse events and death. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) have both shown considerable utility in the early diagnosis of patients… View more

Heart Failure

MI/ACS
RESPONSE-2: Benefits of Community-based Lifestyle Programme Were Lost After 1yr in CAD Patients
Author(s): Harald Thune Jorstad Added: 2 years ago
In this video, Dr Harald Thune Jorstad (Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, NL) discusses the findings of RESPONSE-2, a randomised trial aiming to investigate the long-term outcomes of community-based lifestyle interventions in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. The study showed that at 3 years follow-up, the benefits of 1 year of nurse-coordinated referral to community-based lifestyle… View more

Anticoagulation
Prof. Gerald Werner
Job title: MD
Professor Gerald Werner has been Director of Cardiology and Intensive Care at the Darmstadt Clinic, a teaching hospital of the University of Frankfurt, since 2005. This post followed a period of 7 years as Professor of Cardiology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, where he was Deputy Director of the Cardiology Department and Head of the catheter laboratory. Prior to this, Professor Werner… View more
Liam McCormick
Job title: Interventional & Structural Cardiologist
Personal History Dr Liam McCormick is an Interventional Cardiologist at MonashHeart, Melbourne, Australia.1 Outside of work, he enjoys travelling, reading and keeping fit. He is an avid sports fan and has been a passionate supporter of the West Coast Eagles since their inception.1 Academic History Dr McCormick graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2002 with a… View more
Author(s): Mohit Gupta , Borut Jug , Matthew J Budoff Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes has long been recognized as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is widely regarded as a ‘coronary disease equivalent,’1,2 as diabetes and established coronary heart disease indicate a similar absolute risk for cardiovascular death in both men and women.3–5 Cardiovascular complications of diabetes have traditionally been regarded as… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions