Issues

Volume 2 - Issue 1, Spring 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008

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In this Issue

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  • Editorial Board
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Editorial

  • Editorial

    Dear Readers, Medical science in practice has always been closely dependent on prevailing economic, social, and cultural conditions. This was true in ancient times and has remained true until the present day. Never before, though, has that science shown such rapid advances, while at the same time being so crucially tied to costs, priorities, and political choices. Inevitably, therefore, the rational mana...

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EU News

  • EU News: Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development

    Author: Dervla Gleeson Managing Editor The Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) is the European Union's (EU) main instrument for funding research in Europe. Running from 2007 to 2013, it will execute a budget during that period of €50.5 billion and an additional Euratom budget for the next five years of €2.7 billion. FP7 is designed to support research in se...

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  • European Summit for Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention

    "Bridging the unacceptable gap between what is recommended and what is achieved in daily practice regarding the prevention of cardiovascular disease" is how Prof Guy De Backer, Chairman of the CVD Prevention Committee of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), summarises the aim of the European Summit on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Creating incentives for people to make healthy choices in every...

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Cover Story: ESC Guidelines and Their Implementations

Healthcare Economics

Country Focus: Cardiology in Greece

Cardiology Leaders

  • Interview with Prof.Stefanadis

    Please Tell Us About Your Background in the Field of Cardiology. I graduated from the University of Athens Medical School in 1971 and during my undergraduate studies, I had the chance to attend subspecialty rotations, during which I was captivated by exciting advances in the field of cardiology. I was particularly inspired by the development of invasive cardiology. It was my belief that cardiology would...

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Biotechnology and Cardiovascular Medicine

  • IHE Cardiology Technical Committee: Achieving Effective Systems Integration

    Computer applications are indispensable tools in cardiology today for digital image acquisition, deployment and reviewing, and also for documentation, dose reporting, quality assurance and exam scheduling in the Cardiology Information System (CIS). Image archiving systems (PACS) and electronic patient records reduce the required amount of time to access relevant patient information. Furthermore, billing in...

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  • Report on Remote Monitoring for Cardiology

    Over the past 12 months, there has been a rapid and widespread introduction of remote monitoring systems by most manufacturers of implantable cardiac devices. While there are differences in these systems, the underlying premise and benefits to patients and healthcare providers are similar. For many years, there have been remote transtelephonic systems to assess pacemaker battery life, but the new generation...

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  • PACS in the Cardiology Department: Report on Market Developments

    Managing cross-departmental communications in a healthcare setting has been greatly improved by the emergence of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) as a vital supporting infrastructure, with specialists in healthcare departments like orthopaedics, neurology, oncology, histology and cardiology improving their communication and therefore patient wellbeing. The integration of all clinical spe...

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  • Mechanical Circulatory Support:New Generation Devices Mark a New Era

    Long-term Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) was initially used in clinical practice to bridge patients in end-stage heart failure through to heart transplantation. Rapid developments have, however, led to the use of newer generation devices that promise to minimise the morbidity and mortality associated with their use and to improve the quality of life of patients. This article uncovers the expanding ro...

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  • Evaluating Heart Diseases: The Role of Cardiac Imaging

    Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality in the industrial world. Cardiac imaging is essential to establish the diagnosis and severity of CAD and to determine the potential risk of future cardiovascular events. In patients with suspected CAD, evaluation of patient history will reveal the presence of cardiac risk factors and typical symptoms. An ECG should be performed in all patients...

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Industry News

  • Industry News

    US FDA Advises Caution on Baxter's Multiple-Dose Vial Heparin Baxter Healthcare Corporation has temporarily stopped manufacturing multiple-dose vials of the injectable blood-thinning drug heparin due to reports of serious allergic reactions and hypotension in patients who receive high bolus doses of the drug. Adverse events have not been seen in other uses of heparin involving lower doses or administra...

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