Study: Patient Experience With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Approximately 30,000 people in the UK and 326,000 people in the US experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year. The implantable cardioverter... Read more
Early Treatment Improves Heart Attack Outcomes
According to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, failure to recognise symptoms of a heart attack and delay in seeking treatment... Read more
Cardiology in 2015: FDA Approvals and More
2015 saw the approval of numerous cardiovascular medicines and devices providing clinicians with advanced and new treatment options. Healthmanagement.org... Read more
2015 in Review: Top 5 Stories in Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease remained a priority in healthcare and has been in the spotlight throughout 2015. With new recommendations and treatment... Read more
One in Three Deaths Due to Cardiovascular Disease
New statistics from the American Heart Association's 2016 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update show that one of every three deaths in the... Read more
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How Does a Local Heart Foundation Benefit Research and Public Health?
HerzstiftungOlten is a local foundation connected to the Swiss Heart Foundation. I initiated the foundation of the Herzstiftung Olten 25 years ago. I realised, that a national organisation has difficulty to reach people on the ground. National heart foundations are usually supporting cardiovascular research and besides are active in making national... Read more
Why I’m a Cardiofeminist
A gynaecardiologist means a cardiologist for women. I want better cardiovascular healthcare for females, but I also want a better position for female cardiologists. In the U.S. and many other countries the position of a female cardiologist is still very inferior compared to the male. I know that female cardiologists are more interested in the subject... Read more
How to Become a Cardiologist in 5 Steps
Like any other job, entering the field of cardiology requires academic experience and intensive training. Despite how simple it sounds, becoming a cardiologist is in fact, not an easy task. It may be tough to get your foot in the door and it is indeed, a long process but with hard work and dedication, you’ll get there in the end. If you aspire to be... Read more
From Our Journals
Treatment of bleeding patients during therapy with direct oral anticoagulants
Results from the French registry: GIHP-NACO Presents results from a re... Read more
Cancer Services: Matching Supply with Demand
Redesigning cancer services in the acute setting is the only way to cope... Read more
Standardised, Hospital-Wide Airway Trolleys
Inspired by the Difficult Airway Society Guidelines and the Vortex Cognitive... Read more
Leadership and Management in Cardiovascular Medicine
During the last fifty years, cardiovascular medicine has remarkably advanced... Read more
Confronting Risk
That the use of ionising radiation for medical purposes holds both tremendous... Read more
Cyber infection control: Time to take it seriously
Both infection control and cybersecurity support the whole care process,... Read more
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