ESC Statistics 2019: Middle-Income European Countries Most Affected by CVD
Middle-income countries shoulder the bulk of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe, according to a major report... Read more
Common Heart Drugs Linked With Less Heart Damage from Cancer Therapy
Cancer patients receiving common heart drugs have less heart damage from cancer therapy, according to research presented at EuroEcho 2019,... Read more
Beta Blockers and Heart Failure Hospitalisations
Nearly six million Americans have heart failure, a leading driver of health care costs in the United States. The "stiff heart" heart failure... Read more
Aspirin in Primary Prevention
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) has the unique ability to to irreversibly acetylate serine in the active site of cyclo-oxygenase (COX), permanently... Read more
Life Expectancy and Mortality Rates in the US
Examining life expectancy in the United States over nearly 60 years and identifying factors that contributed to recent increases in mortality... Read more
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Top Telemedicine Platforms: Features and Services
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines telemedicine as the delivery of health care services by healthcare professionals in areas where distance is a critical factor and where information and communication technologies need to be used for the exchange of information regarding diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The goal of telemedicine was... Read more
Zoom On: Prof. Mamas A. Mamas
Prof. Mamas A Mamas is a structural interventional cardiologist, treating patients with underlying coronary artery with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in both the elective and emergency setting and undertaking Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions (TAVI). He is also the Associate Editor of Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions and leads... Read more
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
From Our Journals
The Intelligent Intensive Care Unit: Integrating Care, Research and Education
Integration of care, research and education in the intelligent intensive... Read more
Professor Bernd Hamm, ECR President
1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Supporting and... Read more
Ultrasound-guided mechanical ventilation
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is now a tool used worldwide, integrating... Read more
Coagulopathy During Cardiac Surgery: The Role of Factor Concentrates
The EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac... Read more
Facilitated glucose control in the ICU through nutrition
As recently as 2010, the view of metabolic requirements for patients... Read more
Innovation in paediatric rehabilitation
A challenge and an opportunity Review of innovative technologies... Read more
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ACUSON SC2000 PRIME is an ultrasound system that provides you workflow efficiency and precision required at every step of the care pathway. You get the complete Structural Heart Disease solution with a full suite of imaging options and 1-click AI-powered...
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An alternative to Tropinin I that aids in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction The Acute Care™ CK-MB assay is an in vitro diagnostic...
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Features & Benefits With the ACUSON P500, Siemens Healthineers is enabling high quality of care and ultrasound imaging anytime, anywhere. See Better The ACUSON P500 improves image quality with exclusive motion correction and a...