Important travel safety tips for people with heart disease
Summertime is usually a good time to travel for many people, either to make that much awaited family visit or have their dream vacation... Read more
Female heart attack patients fare better when treated by women doctors
New research findings highlight the importance of patient-physician gender concordance when it comes to caring for female heart attack patients.... Read more
Smartphone app helps veterans engage in home-based cardiac rehab
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended for patients with coronary heart disease; however, participation among veterans remains poor.... Read more
Air pollution linked to changes in cardiac structure
Even low levels of air pollution may cause serious changes in the structure of the heart, similar to those seen in the early stages of heart... Read more
More sensitive blood test diagnoses heart attacks in ER faster
Patients who present to emergency rooms with heart attack symptoms – i.e., chest pain and shortness of breath – often undergo a cardiac... Read more
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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
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
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Social media in healthcare: opportunities and challenges
Opportunities and challenges Tips and pointers from FutureLearn trainer... Read more
Hotspot: AI and Ethics in Health Innovation
Summary: AI holds great promise, yet also raises many ethical questions.... Read more
Leadership and Management in Cardiovascular Medicine
During the last fifty years, cardiovascular medicine has remarkably advanced... Read more
Emergency Medicine in Switzerland
Switzerland is a country of 8.2 million inhabitants, who mostly live... Read more
Success Isn't Everything
Over the past few months I have discussed my book, Red Pill , with a... Read more
a Canadian Critical Care Knowledge Translation Network (aC3KTion Net)
A Quality Improvement Initiative The Canadian Institutes of Health... Read more
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