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Author(s): Carlo Briguori , Antonio Colombo Added: 3 years ago
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus represent 25% of those requiring myocardial revascularisation.1 Although current guidelines favour coronary bypass surgery (CABG) over percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in most diabetics who require revascularisation, 2–3 substantial variability exists in practice patterns between individual hospitals, suggesting a lack of clinical consensus.4 The… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

Intervention
Author(s): Dan Gaiţă , Svetlana Moşteoru , Laurence S Sperling Added: 3 years ago
The increasing worldwide prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) means almost 360 million people are suffering from this disease (in 2011) and it is estimated to reach 552 million people by 2030.1 The latest European Action on Secondary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events (EuroASPIRE) study (2013) has revealed that the mean prevalence of DM in European patients with coronary artery disease … View more

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Author(s): Peter M Nilsson Added: 3 years ago
Some cardiovascular (CV) risk-prone patients are easy to recognise, for example following manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) interventions, and they deserve appropriate risk-factor control for secondary prevention, including blood pressure (BP) lowering. However, many other at-risk patients… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Peter M Nilsson Added: 3 years ago
Some cardiovascular (CV) risk-prone patients are easy to recognise, for example following manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) interventions, and they deserve appropriate risk-factor control for secondary prevention, including blood pressure (BP) lowering. However, many other at-risk patients… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
APSC Consensus on Optimising CV Outcomes in T2D
Author(s): Jack Wei Chieh Tan , David Sim , Junya Ako , et al Added: 3 years ago

Standards & Guidelines

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Marianne Yngen Added: 3 years ago
Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM), characterised by chronic hyperglycaemia, is a rapidly growing worldwide health problem. The prevalence of DM has been estimated at 3% to 5% of Western populations. The incidence of DM is increasing and will more than double within 15 years, mainly due to adverse lifestyle changes with excess caloric intake and reduced physical activity, which in turn will… View more

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Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure
Author(s): Dimitris Tousoulis , Evangelos Oikonomou , Gerasimos Siasos , et al Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of diseases characterised by metabolic disturbances with increasing prevalence worldwide.1 Individuals with DM present several detrimental micro- and macrovascular complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.2,3 Accordingly, efforts for early diagnosis and appropriate management are of ultimate importance… View more

Heart Failure

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Myocardial and Microvascular Injury Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019
Author(s): Rocco Antonio Montone , Giulia Iannaccone , Maria Chiara Meucci , et al Added: 3 years ago
In December 2019, several cases of interstitial pneumonia of unknown origin were detected in Wuhan, China, and on 9 January 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Within a few weeks, the contagion spread through China and South Korea, and the outbreak rapidly extended worldwide due to… View more

COVID-19
Cardiac Disease after Pregnancy: A Growing Problem
Author(s): Christina Y Aye , Henry Boardman , Paul Leeson Added: 3 years ago
Historically pregnancy has been viewed as only clinically relevant to women and for the relatively brief time from conception to the puerperium. However it is now clear that events during pregnancy have much longer-term implications, particularly for cardiovascular health, both for the mother and her offspring. Pregnancy complications such as hypertension and preterm birth appear to serve as a… View more

Demographic
Author(s): Lucy Blows , Simon Redwood Added: 3 years ago
Transforming a critically narrowed coronary vessel to one that is angiographically smooth and unobstructed is immensely satisfying. However, if the procedure is examined in its component parts, it is surprising that this technique is considered safe with minimal overt clinical complications. Temporary vessel occlusion renders the downstream myocardium ischaemic, while vessel trauma initiates… View more

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