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CRT 23 Late-Breaking Science Video Collection
Author(s): Prakriti Gaba , Joost Daemen , Bernardo Cortese , et al Added: 1 year ago
For short, concise coverage of the key data released at CRT 2023, our accessible Expert Interviews were conducted with select faculty, focussing on the results, applicability and impact on future research. View more

Intervention
Author(s): Julinda Mehilli , Gjin Ndrepepa Added: 3 years ago
More than 170 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus worldwide and their number is growing continuously. About 65% of diabetics die of cardiovascular disease and diabetes accounts for over a quarter of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). Diabetes mellitus has been consistently shown to be an important predictor of poor outcomes after PCI. Diabetic patients have an increased risk… View more

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Intervention
Job title: Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Telmisartan in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients
Author(s): Roland Asmar Added: 3 years ago
The greatest burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is due to non-fatal morbidity and its consequences; whereas CVD accounts for approximately 17 million deaths each year worldwide, current estimates indicate that CVD associated with asymptomatic disease and target organ damage as a result of undetected cardiovascular risk factors affects 128 million people worldwide.1,2 Moreover, the worldwide… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Louise Bowman
Job title: Professor of Medicine & Clinical Trials, and Honorary Consultant Physician (Lipidology)
Dr Louise Bowman is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Trials at the Clinical Trial Service Unit of the University of Oxford. Her specialist clinical background is in Diabetes and Endocrinology. Dr Bowman has particular research interests in cardiovascular disease in diabetes, and maintains her clinical practice with regular specialist lipid clinics. She is Chief Investigator for the ORION-4… View more
Job title: Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr Anjali Owens is anAssociate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US. She completed her medical degree and undergraduate degree at Duke University. She completed internship, residency, chief medical residency and fellowships in Heart Failure and Transplantation and in Cardiovascular Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. … View more
Author(s): Alberico L Catapano Added: 3 years ago
The strong positive correlation between plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and cardiovascular (CV) mortality has been documented beyond any doubt.1 A large body of trials aiming at reducing elevated LDL-C levels also shows that therapeutic intervention results in a proportional reduction of CV events independent of the type of intervention (i.e. diet versus drugs or… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Sven M Francque Added: 3 years ago
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most prevalent chronic liver disease in western countries.1,2 It is closely associated with obesity, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and the metabolic syndrome, and shares common risk factors and pathophysiological mechanisms with these entities.2,3 NAFLD can be associated with hepatocellular damage and inflammation and is then called non-alcoholic… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Michael G Kirby
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences
Professor Michael Kirby worked as a general practitioner in Letchworth, Hertfordshire 1973-2007. He was Director of HertNet (The Hertfordshire Primary Care Research Network) 1998-2007. The practice provided an open access echocardiography service for patients with heart failure for the North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust. He was Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences,… View more