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Thomas Kahan
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Dr Thomas Kahan is Senior consultant in cardiolgy at the Department of cardiology, Danderyd University Hospital Dr Kahan is on the Editorial Board of European Cardiology Review. Research Interests Neurohormonal control of blood pressure and cardiac function in man. Specifically, we study how the sympatho-adrenal mechanisms and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system influence… View more
Author(s): Andrew K Roy , John Keaney , Niall G Mahon , et al Added: 3 years ago
The coexistence of heart and kidney disease represents an evolving epidemic in an ageing population, with chronic kidney disease (CKD) incidence rates increasing annually.1 The effect of dysfunction of one kidney mediates profound effects on the other, recently described and defined as five distinctive cardiorenal subtypes by the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative consensus group.2 Much work has… View more

MI/ACS
Cardiovascular Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Introduction
Author(s): Hilary Warrens , Debasish Banerjee , Charles A Herzog Added: 1 year ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

CV Disease in Special Populations
Tricuspid Regurgitation Therapy
Author(s): Qiuyu Martin Zhu , Natalia Berry Added: 6 months ago

Heart Failure
Author(s): Bao Tran , Gregg C Fonarow Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) remains a major public health problem resulting in substantial morbidity, mortality and healthcare expenditures globally. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2012 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure and the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/American Heart Association (AHA) 2013 Guideline for the Management of Heart… View more

Standards & Guidelines

Heart Failure
Diuretic Therapy in Heart Failure – Current Approaches
Author(s): Gavino Casu , Pierluigi Merella Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome defined by the failure of the heart to deliver oxygen at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolising tissues, despite normal filling pressures (or only at the expense of increased filling pressures),1 secondary to an abnormality of the cardiac structure or function. HF is the most common cause of hospitalisation in patients over the age of 65.2… View more

Heart Failure
Valvular Heart Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s): Konstantina Kipourou , Jamie M O’Driscoll , Rajan Sharma Added: 2 years ago

Standards & Guidelines

Imaging & Diagnostics
The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s): Pensée Wu , Ki Park , Martha Gulati Added: 2 years ago

Demographic
CVD in CKD Patients
Author(s): Gautam R Shroff , Michelle D Carlson , Roy O Mathew Added: 2 years ago

Heart Failure
Author(s): Kavita Prasad Added: 3 years ago
Role of Mental Stress in Cardiovascular Disease The pathophysiology of how mental stress affects and modulates the cardiovascular system is incompletely understood. Chronic stress has long been suspected to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders (CVD), either through direct or indirect mechanisms.1,2 Stress is known to activate two biological systems: the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal… View more

Heart Failure

Prevention & Chronic Conditions