Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease as Main Cause of Death
With 17.3 million deaths globally, cancer has now overtaken cardiovascular disease as the main cause of death in 12 European countries. New... Read more
ESC Congress 2016 - A Quick Preview
Here's a glimpse of the most anticipated cardiovascular event of the year - the ESC Congress 2016. The primary results of 30 novel clinical... Read more
Warfarin Does Not Offer Long-Term Stability for Atrial Fibrillation
According to a study from Duke Clinical Research Institute, warfarin prescribed for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation may not control... Read more
Insufficient Evidence For Lipid Disorders Screening in Children
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to assess the benefits and harms of screening... Read more
Regular Exercise Leads to Heart Disease Misdiagnosis
Research suggests that people who exercise for a few hours each week can enlarge their hearts and can be misdiagnosed with heart disease. It... 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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Cardiac Arrest
The “chain of survival” metaphor for improving outcomes from sudden cardiac... Read more
Potential Nutritional Strategies to Reduce Muscle Wasting in Early Critical Illness
This review will briefly discuss the potential role of nutrition and... Read more
US-elastography for superficial organs: update
US-elastography, introduced to clinical practice in the early 2000s,... Read more
What is the future of breast cancer screening?
Αdvances in technology and the advent of precision medicine point... Read more
Safe Transport of Critically Ill Patients
The transport of critically ill patients for diagnostic or therapeutic... Read more
Clinical assessment of critically ill patients by whole-body ultrasonography
In this article we focus on the evidence of whole-body ultrasonography... Read more
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CNAP® Monitor for hemodynamic monitoring
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