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Finn Lund Henriksen
Job title: Associate Professor
Dr Finn Lund Henriksen is a consultant - cardiology at the Odense University Hospital. He is primary working with arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death survivors, genetic cardiology and dyslipidemias. He is an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark View more
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Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Atrial Arrhythmias

Atrial Fibrillation

Pacing, Defibrillators & Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy

Ventricular Arrhythmias

 Job title: University Hospital Coventry, UK
Prof Osman is Consultant Cardiologist / Electrophysiologist, University Hospital Coventry, UK, Honorary Professor of Cardiology (Warwick Medical School)Lead for Cardiac Rhythm Management Several research interests in the field of arrhythmia, including CRT response, AF and Ablation.Special interest: Cardiac Electrophysiology: Atrial Fibrillation, SVT, Atrial Flutter, Ventricular Arrhythmias… View more
Every week in the UK at least 12 young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Since its formation in 1995, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) has been working to reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD). CRY supports young people diagnosed with potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions and offers bereavement support to families affected by YSCD. CRY promotes and develops… View more
Author(s): Frans J Th Wackers , Janice A Davey Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes for morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The high mortality rate is partly due to the diabetic state per se, above and beyond the clustering of other risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Over the last decade, the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Frans J Th Wackers , Janice A Davey Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes for morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The high mortality rate is partly due to the diabetic state per se, above and beyond the clustering of other risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Over the last decade, the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
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
Christine E Seidman
Job title: Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center / Professor
Dr Christine E Seidman is the director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Program and a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her medical degree from The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed an internal medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a… View more
Dr Steven Lubitz
Added: 3 years ago
Can screening patients routinely for atrial fibrillation (AF) before it is diagnosed, help to prevent stroke occurrence by prescribing anticoagulation to those with discovered AF? Dr Steven Lubitz (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, US) discusses the results of the VITAL-AF trial which assessed the effectiveness of screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) using simple,… View more

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Josep Brugada
Job title: Medical Director
Section Chief of Arrhythmias at barnaclínic+ and Pediatric Hospital of Sant Joan de Déu. Senior consultant in Cardiology, Arrhythmias and Sudden Death at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. Full Professor of Medicine at the Universitat de Barcelona. Past President of the European Heart Rhythm Association from 2006-2008 Dr Brugada discovered, treated and found the genetic cause (along with… View more