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Perfusion CMR to guide patient management in stable angina
Author(s): Eike Nagel Start date: Dec 05, 2019

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Lifetime Patient Management Greater Expectations: Is TAVI Rising to The Challenge?
Author(s): David Hildick-Smith , Giuseppe Tarantini , Lars Søndergaard , et al Added: 1 year ago
This symposium, part of Transcatheter Interventions Online 2023, and chaired by ProfDavid Hildick-Smith (Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust,Brighton, UK), featured a panel discussion on the latest data on durability and clinical outcomes, an analysis of how TAVI is changing and possible future options for patients with aortic valve disease. The symposium also featured a minimalistic… View more

Intervention
Biomarker Guidance to Start Remote Patient Management in Heart Failure
Author(s): Martin Moeckel Added: 4 years ago
Prof Martin Mockel (Charité University, Berlin, DE) discusses biomarker guidance to start remote patient management in heart failure. Filmed on site at HFA 2019 by Radcliffe Cardiology. Videography: Mike Knight & Tom Green Interviewer: Liam O'Neill View more

Heart Failure
Ron Blankstein
Job title: Cardiology Specialist
Personal History Dr Ron Blankstein is a Clinical Cardiologist, Researcher and Professor of Medicine affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Academic History Dr Blankstein received his Medical Degree from Rush Medical College in 2001. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency (2002 - 2004) and a Cardiology Fellowship (2004 - 2007) at the University… View more
The Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC has a mission to improve quality of life and longevity, through better prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, including the establishment of networks for its management, education and research. ) is an independent, non-profit organisation. Its members and decision-makers are busy healthcare professionals who volunteer their time and… View more
Cardiac Arrhythmia Management during COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Niraj Varma , Oussama M Wazni , Daniel Cantillon Start date: May 11, 2020

COVID-19
Author(s): Tim Leiner , Susanne Kienbaum Added: 3 years ago
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) is a major health risk. The prevalence of PAOD varies with the population observed and the screening method used. In epidemiological studies, measurement of the ankle/brachial index (ABI) is recommended for screening (ABI <0.9 indicates PAOD). Surveys in Germany based on the ABI showed a PAOD prevalence of 2.3% among women aged 45–49 years and of 2… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Dr Steven Lubitz
Added: 3 years ago
Can screening patients routinely for atrial fibrillation (AF) before it is diagnosed, help to prevent stroke occurrence by prescribing anticoagulation to those with discovered AF? Dr Steven Lubitz (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, US) discusses the results of the VITAL-AF trial which assessed the effectiveness of screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) using simple,… View more

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Current Indications for Contrast Echocardiography
Author(s): Harald Becher , Robert Olszewski Added: 3 years ago
Contrast echocardiography has become an indispensable tool in non-invasive imaging. In the last decade new contrast agents and contrast-specific imaging technologies have simplified the clinical use of contrast agents and dramatically improved the images acquired. However, there is a price to pay: extra time, the costs of the agent and a small risk of intolerance reactions. Significant… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics
Amalia Peix
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Full Professor & Senior Researcher
Overview Dr Amalia Peix was born in Havana, Cuba and has specialised in nuclear cardiology since 1991.1 She is currently an MD, Professor and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery in Havana, Cuba. Academic History 1974 – 1980: High Institute of Medical Sciences, Havana, Cuba. Career Overview Dr Peix is a member of the National PhD… View more