During recent years, resting heart rate was not considered as a cardiovascular risk factor. However, new evidences have showed that resting heart rate is an important prognostic factor for sudden cardiac death and heart failure in the general population, ...
In einer Pilot-Studie untersuchten wir die Auswirkungen einer vernetzten Betreuung auf die Behandlungskosten am Beispiel eines Disease-Management-Programms (DMP) bei Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz aus der Schweizer Grundversorgung. Methodik: Die direkten ...
Over four million Europeans and a similar number Americans suffer from significant mitral regurgitation (MR). Approximately 250 000 new patients are diagnosed with the disease annually.
The disorder generally evolves insidiously over many years because ...
Heart failure is a common disorder associated with high morbidity and mortality as well as increasing socio-economic costs. General practitioners take care of most of the affected patients. Knowledge on pathophysiology and modern treatment concepts are ...
Heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF; HFpEF) is a common type of heart failure in the elderly, and it typically represents advanced hypertensive heart disease. The left ventricle in patients with HFpEF is characterized by ...
New Heart Failure Guidelines: Update for Primary CareAbstract. Heart failure is a clinical syndrome characterized by typical symptoms, frequently accompanied by typical signs in association with structural or functional cardiac abnormalities. ...
Heart Failure in AfricaAbstract. In Africa, mortality due to heart failure is twice as high as in other low- to middle-income countries and five times as high as in high-income countries. Arterial hypertension is ...
Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in People with Diabetes and PrediabetesAbstract. Diabetes is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. In addition to optimizing glycemia, ...
Abstract. Overall, heart patients should be advised individually with respect to their tolerance of altitudes. However, the historical reflex that altitude ’per se’ is bad for heart patients should become a ...
Nutrition in Case of Heart FailureAbstract. Despite the complexity of the subject, nutritional medicine has made important advances in recent years, especially regarding cardiovascular health and for patients with heart ...
Therapy of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: What’s New in the 2021 Guidelines?Abstract: The spectrum of treatment options for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) has substantially ...
Abstract: Cardiac wtATTR is caused by extracellular deposition of misfolded proteins in the heart. It mostly affects elderly men and is still clearly underdiagnosed. Recognizing red flags suggesting wtATTR is key for a timely ...
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: For Which Patients with Type-2 Diabetes?Abstract: In the last few years, the cardiovascular outcome trials for SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists showed them to significantly lower the ...