Search Tag: ESC 2015
2015 02 Sep
The ESC Congress this year broke all previous records in attendance with nearly 32,773 registrations. Delegates from all over the world attended the Congress this year, bringing forth the latest medical research and the most advanced updates in the field of Cardiology. As pointed out by ESC President, Professor Fausto Pinto, from Portugal. 40 percent...Read more
2015 02 Sep
According to German research presented at the ESC Congress in London, patients arriving at the emergency department with chest pain suggestive of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can be triaged more quickly and more safely using a new rapid assay with refined cut-offs. In a Hot Line presentation, the Biomarkers in Acute Cardiovascular Care (BACC)...Read more
2015 01 Sep
Gene transfer therapy aimed at correcting an enzyme abnormality involved in myocardial contraction and relaxation did not improve outcomes in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction, results of the CUPID 2 study show. The findings, presented today at ESC Congress 2015, represent the largest gene transfer study to date in this population....Read more
2015 01 Sep
Carbonated beverages are associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of cardiac origin, according to results from the All-Japan Utstein Registry presented for the first time today at ESC Congress. The study in nearly 800,000 patients suggests that limiting consumption of carbonated beverages may be beneficial for health. “Some epidemiologic studies...Read more
2015 01 Sep
The impact of atrial fibrillation on ischaemic stroke risk in elderly patients is eliminated with multiple risk factors, according to an 11 year study in more than 425 000 patients presented at ESC Congress. The findings suggest that stroke prevention in the elderly may need to focus on the concomitant effects of multiple risk factors rather than on...Read more
2015 01 Sep
Coffee drinking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events (mainly heart attacks) in young adults (18-45) with mild hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress by Dr Lucio Mos, a cardiologist at Hospital of San Daniele del Friuli in Udine, Italy. The 12 year study in more than 1 200 patients found that heavy coffee...Read more
2015 31 Aug
Women aged 45 years and under with diabetes have a six-fold risk of heart attack, according to research presented at ESC Congress. The study in more than 7 000 women also found that young women who had a heart attack (myocardial infarction, MI) were more likely to be smokers than older women with MI. “Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) affect mainly the...Read more
2015 31 Aug
According to the results of the PATHWAY-2 Trial presented at the ESC Congress 2015 in London, the addition of the diuretic spironolactone in patients with poor blood pressure control despite treatment with a combination of three drugs (‘resistant hypertension’) was significantly more effective than adding other blood pressure lowering drugs. The Hot...Read more
2015 31 Aug
The combination of two commonly used diuretics, each at half dose, can significantly reduce blood pressure without the side-effects caused by full doses of either alone, researchers from the PATHWAY 3 study have found. The findings, reported at ESC Congress 2015, “support first-line use of this combination in patients requiring diuretic therapy for...Read more
2015 30 Aug
In a Hot Line presentation at the ESC Congress in London, investigators reported the findings from the LEADLESS II study which showed that a leadless cardiac pacemaker demonstrated good safety and reliable function during the initial six months of follow-up. The findings have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study shows...Read more
2015 30 Aug
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be conducted for at least 35 minutes, according to research presented at ESC Congress by Dr Yoshikazu Goto, associate professor and director of the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at Kanazawa University Hospital in Kanazawa, Japan. The study in more than...Read more
2015 30 Aug
Patients with atrial fibrillation who receive antithrombotic management according to ESC guidelines have better outcomes than those who do not, according to one year follow up results from the ESC’s EORP-AF Pilot General Registry presented at ESC Congress 20151 and published online in Europace. “This is the first study to show better outcomes using...Read more
2015 29 Aug
The first European Congress of Cardiology was held in London in September 1952 under the Presidency of Sir John Parkinson. Subsequently, European Congresses were held every four years until 1988. After, the General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to hold the Congress annually, starting with the Vienna meeting in 1988.Read more