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Juan Carlos Kaski
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor of Cardiovascular Science
Juan Carlos Kaski is Professor of Cardiovascular Science (Emeritus) at the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St Gorge’s, University of London, and Hon. Consultant Cardiologist at St George’s Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK. He is Doctor Honoris Causa of several universities worldwide, a past-President of the International Society of Cardiovascular… View more
Curcumin in Lifestyle Diseases
Author(s): Kana Shimizu , Masafumi Funamoto , Yoichi Sunagawa , et al Added: 3 years ago
Inflammation involves an array of processes in response to tissue damage resulting from oxidative stress or other causes and triggers repair, such as subsequent extracellular matrix remodelling and fibrosis.1–3 Chronic inflammation continues for a prolonged period, lasting from several months to several years, and is characterised by tissue invasion by inflammatory macrophages. This induces the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Stefan Möhlenkamp , Raimund Erbel , Gerd Heusch Added: 3 years ago
Low to moderate amounts of regular physical activity reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk factor burden, improve morbidity of CV and other chronic diseases and reduce CV mortality.1–6 Aerobic endurance activities such as walking, jogging and running are popular and advocated ways to improve and maintain health across all age groups. Marathon running is an extreme form of such endurance exercise and… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Muriel Sprynger Added: 3 years ago
Abstract Several imaging techniques (such as ultrasounds, computed tomography [CT] scan, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], positron emission tomography [PET] scan, etc.) can provide interesting information on subclinical atherosclerosis and plaque stability. In fact sonographic imaging techniques can be very useful in this field. All of them have their limitations, but each of them has its own… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Lina Badimon
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Thrombosis, embolism & bleeding

Atherosclerosis and Hyperlipidemia

 Job title: Director
Career Overview Prof Badimon is currently Director of the Cardiovascular Science Program at the Hospital Santa Creu and San Pau in Barcelona, Spain. She is Vice-President of Scientific Affairs at the European Society of Cardiology, and has been awarded with the “Rey Jamie I” Award for Medical Research by Generalitat Valenciana, Spain. Prof Lina Badimon's research focuses on thrombosis and… View more
Albert Ferro
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor of Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology
Albert Ferro studied Medicine at King’s College London (1978-1984), obtaining a 1st Class Honours intercalated BSc degree in Biochemistry in 1981. Following General Professional Training in Internal Medicine, he obtained MRCP(UK) in 1988, after which he worked for 2 years as a Registrar in Medicine at the Royal London Hospital. In 1990, he obtained an MRC Training Fellowship to undertake his PhD… View more
Job title: Director of Coronary Imaging and Atherosclerosis Research
Dr Yohinobu Onuma, MD, PhD is a leading expert in the field of noninvasive and invasive coronary imaging and novel coronary devices such as bioresorbable scaffolds. His expertise includes quantitative coronary angiography (2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and bifurcation-dedicated), Syntax Score and multi-slice computed tomography. He holds the position of professor of interventional cardiology at… View more
The Association Between Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Diseases
Author(s): Ahmed Zwain , Mohanad Aldiwani , Hussein Taqi Added: 2 years ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Secondary Analysis of CANTOS Finds LDL & HDL Predict Residual Risk of Atherosclerotic Events
Author(s): Paul M Ridker Added: 2 years ago
Dr Paul Ridker (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, US) outlines the findings from a secondary analysis of the CANTOS trial, originally presented at ACC.22 (NCT01327846). CANTOS was a large multinational clinical trial that showed targeting inflammation with canakinumab significantly lowered major cardiovascular events. This secondary analysis was designed to evaluate the influence of lipids… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Wolfgang Koenig
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Wolfgang Koenig is a Professor of Medicine/Cardiology. He is a board-certified internist and interventional cardiologist specialized in intensive care medicine and has extensive experience in the molecular epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases. A former Director of the WHO-MONICA Augsburg Myocardial Infarction Register, Professor Koenig has held multiple clinical positions at the University of… View more