What is the impact of coronavirus on the heart? A novel coronavirus, initially named 2019-nCoV, caused the outbreak of pneumonia in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The virus was renamed “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” (SARS-CoV-2) by the WHO and is now known as COVID-19. Compared to the … Continue Reading about COVID-19 and the Heart
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COVID-19 and the Heart
What is the impact of coronavirus on the heart? A novel coronavirus, initially named 2019-nCoV, caused the outbreak of pneumonia in … Continue Reading about COVID-19 and the Heart
The ISCHEMIA trial: surgery fails to beat optimal medical therapy
https://youtu.be/ThCxKSd6Vls The results of the ISCHEMIA1 trial were presented recently at the American Heart Association’s scientific … Continue Reading about The ISCHEMIA trial: surgery fails to beat optimal medical therapy
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Techniques to prevent, identify and manage transradial access complications
https://youtu.be/vg9ZNmAQbu0 Transradial access is the current recommended approach for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This is due to a lower rate of major complications … Continue Reading about Techniques to prevent, identify and manage transradial access complications
Managing coronary artery disease: MRI vs FFR
Little is known about combining diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to manage patients with suspected coronary artery disease. To bridge this gap two commonly used clinical management strategies were compared: … Continue Reading about Managing coronary artery disease: MRI vs FFR
Prognostic value of plaque vulnerability assessment for CAD patients
Treatment of coronary artery disease is often guided by the degree of physiological stenosis, as assessed by measuring the fractional flow reserve (FFR). However, patients with a low degree of stenosis still … Continue Reading about Prognostic value of plaque vulnerability assessment for CAD patients