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Author(s): Markus Flesch Added: 3 years ago
Introduction Chronic heart failure (HF) is a common, malignant disease and is a major economic burden for healthcare systems in developed nations. It affects 5% to 10% of all people. In Germany, approximately 150,000 people are newly diagnosed with HF per year. Fifteen per cent of approximately 1.6 million HF patients in Germany are in advanced HF status, being classified as stage III-IV… View more

Heart Failure
Author(s): Lukas Lehmkuhl , Matthias Gutberlet , Stefan Nitzsche , et al Added: 3 years ago
Since the introduction of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in 1998, non-invasive cardiac imaging has developed rapidly. In the recent past, two different objectives can be observed in the technological development of cardiac MSCT. On the one hand, the number of detector rows was increased up to 320 in single-source scanners in order to ensure simultaneous coverage of the entire heart with a… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Jagmeet P Singh Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) has achieved widespread approval as a safe and efficient therapeutic strategy for medically refractory congestive heart failure (CHF). The standard indications for CRT include patients with advanced heart failure and evidence of systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction [EF] ≤35%), conduction tissue disease (QRS duration ≥120ms) and marked cardiac symptoms … View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Annemien E van den Bosch , Boudewijn J Krenning , Jos RTC Roelandt Added: 3 years ago
Introduction The heart is a dynamic organ and places special demands on three-dimensional (3-D) techniques. To understand its physiology and pathophysiology, not only the spatial distribution of its structures is important but also their movement during the cardiac cycles. Previous approaches to 3-D echocardiography (3-DE) were offline and based on sequential rotational scanning and acquisition… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Annemien E van den Bosch , Boudewijn J Krenning , Jos RTC Roelandt Added: 3 years ago
Introduction The heart is a dynamic organ and places special demands on three-dimensional (3-D) techniques. To understand its physiology and pathophysiology, not only the spatial distribution of its structures is important but also their movement during the cardiac cycles. Previous approaches to 3-D echocardiography (3-DE) were offline and based on sequential rotational scanning and acquisition… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Eric Prystowsky , Jean-Yves Le Heuzey Added: 3 years ago
For decades, conventional wisdom suggested that sinus rhythm was preferred over rate control in the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Recent randomised trials have been unable to substantiate this viewpoint, and the occurrence of serious outcomes for patients has been similar for both treatment strategies.1,2 More specifically, several large, randomised, prospective clinical… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Sebastiaan A Kleijn , Mohamed FA Aly , Otto Kamp Added: 3 years ago
Global and regional left ventricular (LV) function are two of the most common echocardiographic evaluations in daily clinical practice and are essential for the clinical management of patients with various cardiovascular diseases. Global chamber indices such as LV volumes and ejection fraction are used for determining prognosis of patients with ischaemic heart disease, as well as when to plan… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Author(s): Charlotte Eitel , Gerhard Hindricks , Christopher Piorkowski Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is an established therapy for patients with drug-refractory, highly symptomatic systolic heart failure (HF) and delayed ventricular conduction.1 CRT devices are designed to synchronise the mechanical activity within the left ventricle, between the left and the right ventricle and between the atria and ventricles. Resynchronisation induces reverse… View more

Heart Failure

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Leadless Pacemakers: Current Achievements and Future Perspectives
Author(s): Apostolos Ilias Vouliotis , Paul Roberts , Polychronis Dilaveris , et al Added: 8 months ago

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Peter Illes graduated in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1980, and trained in internal medicine at the University of Capetown from 1990 to 1993. He then undertook training in Cardiology at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne as the Senior Registrar to Professor RWFC Campbell, the president of the British Heart Foundation. Dr Illes attained the FRACP in Australia in 1998 and is currently in… View more