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Author(s): Michael R Rosen Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis is as old as the Bible and ancient Chinese literature.1 Treatment has progressed from the natural products used by the ancients, to formalized attempts at pharmacological therapy over the last 300 years (with digitalis and cinchona bark being the lead compounds), to the modern use of devices and ablation. However, with the exception of electronic pacing for… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Denton A Cooley Added: 3 years ago
Innovative technologies and refinements of existing therapies are shaping 21st century cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment. Researchers are gaining new perspectives on diseases and their treatment at the cellular and subcellular levels. Cardiologists are evaluating and treating coronary arteries by means of intravascular intervention. Surgeons are shortening recovery times and increasing cost… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Standards & Guidelines
Author(s): Thomas J Povsic Added: 3 years ago
The potential of physiological regeneration offered by stem-cell-mediated therapy has captured the imagination of both the public and the scientific community. This is especially true for the cardiovascular and nervous systems, which have long been considered terminally differentiated and post-mitotic with minimal capacity for regeneration and repair. While the ability of embryonically derived… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

MI/ACS
Author(s): Shaun R Opie , Nabil Dib Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Western countries. The damage that occurs during a heart attack results from the death and loss of the cells called cardiomyocytes that make up the majority of the myocardium. Medical therapy, balloon angioplasty, stent deployment, coronary artery bypass surgery, and heart transplantation are the current options available to the patient… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery
Joseph C. Wu
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Imaging

Cardio-oncology

Congenital Heart Disease

 Job title: Director
A cardiologist with board certification, Dr. Wu. is the Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine and the director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Wu was also chosen by the American Heart Association to serve as its president-elect for the 2022–2023 fiscal year. He conducts extensive research focussing on clinical… View more
Marco Valgimigli
Job title: Deputy Chief of Cardiology
Prof Marco Valgimigli is an Interventional Cardiologist and Deputy Chief of Cardiology at the Cardiocentro Ticino Institute in Lugano, Switzerland.He obtained his medical degree from the University of Bologna, and completed his training in internal medicine at the same university. He received a degree in cardiological sciences at the University of Ferrara and a PhD in interventional cardiology at… View more
Robert H Anderson
Job title: MD, FRCPath, Visiting Professorial Fellow
Personal History Robert (Bob) Henry Anderson was born in Shropshire, UK in 1942. He is a retired Clinical Cardiac Anatomist but remains involved in research and teaching. Outside work, he enjoys sports, wine and playing the piano.1, 3 Academic History In 1966, Dr Anderson earned his degree in Medicine from the University of Manchester. His first publications covered cardiac nerves,… View more
Author(s): Brian Pearlman , Taffere Mihretu Added: 3 years ago
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a rapidly growing public health problem, affecting nearly five million people in the US alone, with nearly half a million new cases annually.The prevalence of CHF is highest in the elderly; ten out of every 1,000 persons over age 65 are affected. Anemia has been considered a modifiable comorbidity in heart failure. Utilizing the World Health Organization (WHO)… View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): David N Kenigsberg , Ken Ellenbogen Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common and recurrent arrhythmia resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Our approach to the patient with AF has changed dramatically over the past decade. We have gone from palliating patients with rate controlling medications or administering antiarrhythmic medications with potential systemic side effects and proarrhythmia, to now curing many of them with… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
Personal History Dr. Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo is a specialist in Interventional Cardiology based in Madrid, Spain. Academic History In 1997, Dr Jiménez-Quevedo earned her Degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra. She has a masters in Interventional Cardiology (2005) and a Doctor Cum Laude in Medicine and Surgery (2007) from the Complutense University of Madrid. From 2005 to… View more