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Comparative Analysis of Cardiac MRI Recommendations in ESC & ACC/AHA Guidelines
2024 12 Jun
Cardiac MRI has become a valuable tool in diagnosing and managing various cardiovascular conditions due to its noninvasive nature and ability to provide detailed anatomical and functional information. Standardised protocols are available, and its versatility allows for the investigation of a wide range of cardiac diseases. However, guidelines from...Read more
Long-Term Ketogenic Diet Accumulates Aged Cells in Normal Tissues
2024 23 May
A strict "keto-friendly" diet, often popular for weight loss and diabetes management, may not be as friendly as it seems, depending on the individual and the specifics of the diet. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) found that a continuous long-term ketogenic diet might induce senescence,...Read more
COVID-19 Vaccine Helps Heart Failure Patients Live Longer
2024 14 May
According to research presented at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), heart failure patients vaccinated against COVID-19 are 82% more likely to survive than their unvaccinated counterparts. While previous research has confirmed the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with cardiovascular...Read more
COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Increase Risk of Related Adverse Events
2023 15 Feb
According to a study published in the journal Vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines have not been linked to an increased risk of serious adverse events such as heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, myocarditis, pericarditis, and deep vein thrombosis. The study, which was coordinated by Lamberto Manzoli, a medical epidemiologist and professor at the University...Read more
#ESCCongress: Mortality Benefits With High-Dose Influenza Vaccines
2022 27 Aug
Findings from the DANFLU-1 trial presented at the ESC Congress in Barcelona show that high-dose influenza vaccination in older adults reduces the risk of death by 49% and the incidence of hospitalisation for influenza or pneumonia by 64% compared with standard-dose vaccination. Several studies have previously investigated the association between...Read more
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Siemens Healthineers and World Stroke Organization Partner to Raise Global Access to Stroke Care
2024 10 Jun
Two-year partnership extends relationship globally with focus on low- and middle-income countries Structured education and training programs to spotlight stroke as global healthcare issue Global stroke mortality set to rise 50% by 2050 1 Siemens Healthineers and the World Stroke Organization (WSO) today announced a...Read more
Aidoc and ACC Collaborate to Revolutionize Cardiovascular Care with Best-in-Class AI
2024 29 Feb
Organizations will connect the dots of early identification to drive prevention and treatment of heart disease AI pioneer Aidoc and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) are collaborating to revolutionize cardiovascular care through industry-leading artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This collaboration will drive enhanced outcomes...Read more
Articles
Capture atrial fibrillation using Preventicus with >95% accuracy
2018 22 Sep
International validation study published in Europace The European Journal of Pacing, Arrhythmias and Cardiac Electrophysiology of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Early detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) is essential for stroke prevention. Emerging technologies such as smartphone...Read more
Access to Technologies: A Matter of Cost or of Effectiveness?
2009 01 Jan
Access to Medical Technology in Europe In this article, we will firstly present the case of two patients for whom, despite similar medical conditions, different therapies were advised, to highlight the inequality in access to medical technologies in Europe. Then, we will look at the matter of cost-effectiveness – are patients being differently...Read more
Access to Cardiovascular Technology Across Europe: The Role of Financing
2008 21 Dec
Overcoming inequality in access to innovative technologies, while ensuring the long term financial sustainability of healthcare systems represents one of the strongest challenges for European governments. Discrepancies in resource allocation are still extant, on both health expenditure on GDP and on per capita spending on medical technology especially...Read more
Optimising Access to Cardiovascular Technology in Europe:The Case for Device Implantation Rates
2008 21 Dec
Equitable access to healthcare forms one of the common objectives for EU Member States in the fight against social exclusion and poverty, yet barriers remain in the way of goals for optimum and homogenous access. For medical technologies, these barriers to access can be multi-factorial, yet broadly classified as stemming from the supply or demand...Read more
Market Access in European Union Countries: Pricing and Reimbursement of New Healthcare Technologies
2008 21 Dec
A major aim of health policy in most EU member countries is to regulate and control the price of, access to and the use of new and expensive medical technology. Despite this common objective, there are great differences in the means used to achieve it, because healthcare, pricing and reimbursement systems as well as domestic industry and economic...Read more
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2024 06 Apr
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