Glucose-lowering therapies in patients with diabetes and heart failure
Despite multiple examples of glucose-lowering therapies affecting heart failure (HF) risk, ascertainment of HF data in cardiovascular (CV) outcome... Read more
Depression increases risk for atrial fibrillation
Preliminary research indicates that depression may increase the risk for atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart rhythm disorder that... Read more
PHASE programme helps diabetes patients reduce cardiovascular risk
Kaiser Permanente's integrated programme (PHASE), implemented between 2004-2013 in Northern California, has been effective in helping diabetes... Read more
Study supports biomarker assay for ER heart failure diagnosis
A multicentre study supports the value of a biomarker to accurately diagnose or rule out acute heart failure in patients seen for shortness... Read more
Personalising glucose-lowering therapy in Type 2 Diabetes and CVD patients
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex disease with a pathogenesis that is multidimensional. Recently, several specific glucose-lowering... Read more
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Zoom On: Chelsea Beecher - Innovator of the Year
Chelsea Beecher serves as the Director of Development for the American Heart & Stroke Association in New York City. She led the launch of STEM Goes Red in New York City and received the Innovator of the Year Award in 2018 for this initiative. STEM Goes Red aims to empower young women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)... Read more
How are robots improving cardiovascular medicine?
Robots were first used in cardiovascular medicine in the late 1990s as a part of the digital revolution . Since then, robotics have been applied to endovascular surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and interventional cardiology, to name a few fields. Robots give medical professionals the ability to diagnose, treat, and intervene more... Read more
The Death of the Stethoscope? Heart Doctors Have Their Say
Most people don't think much about stethoscopes but the fact is that this tool, so commonly associated with doctors, is at a crossroads. Having been in use for nearly two centuries, the stethoscope is in the midst of a debate with respect to its utility in healthcare. Over the years, medical technology has advanced to a great extent. The sounds... Read more
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MRI in Women with Extremely Dense Breasts, Interview with Dr. Carla van Gils
The first randomised controlled trial (RCT) on MRI and mammography in... Read more
Thanh Tran
CEO , Zoeticx, San Jose, USA The buck stops here... Read more
Affidea - Healthcare Without Borders
Affidea is an international healthcare provider focused on advanced diagnostic... Read more
Separate and concentrate― a sustainable business model for general hospitals?
Reducing management complexity in patient care. Research shows... Read more
Protecting ward patients
Finding patients before they crash might be the next major opportunity... Read more
A patient-centred approach to mammography
Head radiologist provides feedback on department’s three-year use... Read more
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Task Force® Monitor TOUCH for noninvasive hemodynamic and autonomic assessment
The Task Force® Monitor is the all‐in‐one workstation for continuous noninvasive hemodynamic and autonomic assessment. It is the state‐of‐the‐art diagnostic tool to study syncope and autoregulation of blood pressure and has further established as an...
CNAP® Monitor for hemodynamic monitoring
The CNAP® Monitor represents the next generation of noninvasive patient monitoring by merging the advantages of noninvasive, risk‐free methods with the benefits of continuity in the same accuracy as invasive standards. The advanced parameter set enables...
Welch Allyn Connex® Spot Monitor
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The Connex® Spot Monitor features an easy-to-use, vivid touchscreen display and provides accurate vital signs measurement including blood pressure averaging, spot checking, interval monitoring and custom scoring across patient populations. The device...