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Author(s): Augusto Vicario , Gustavo H Cerezo Added: 3 years ago
Heart-brain interaction is an indisputable fact. The connection between vascular risk factors and/or cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment and dementia has been supported by countless publications in the past 30 years. The most important studies concluded that vascular brain injury exacerbates cognitive ageing, and increases the risk for dementia both in its vascular type and in its… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Alvaro Alonso , Antonio P Arenas de Larriva Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinically-significant arrhythmia in the world.1 It is estimated that, in the US alone, approximately 2.5 million people have AF, with the condition being 1.5 times more common in men than in women.2 Despite the decline in morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases in general due to advances in prevention and treatment, AF has not followed a… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Author(s): Pierluigi Merella , Giuseppe Talanas , Giovanni Lorenzoni , et al Added: 6 months ago

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Intervention
Thomas Jared Bunch
Job title: Head Of Section - Heart Rhythm Services
Personal History A native of Logan Utah , Dr Thomas Jared Bunch is an Electrophysiologist focused on heart rhythms.2 He is an avid sports fan particularly devoted to his alma mater. He enjoys long distance running, endurance training, community work with youth organizations and mentoring young clinical investigators.5 Academic History Dr Bunch got his BA from Utah State University… 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): Marc E Wolf , Michael G Hennerici Added: 3 years ago
Aetiological Classification of Stroke Precise analysis of stroke subtypes is important for clinical treatment decisions and prognostic evaluation of patients leading to adapted individual patient management. The most widely used system of aetiological ischaemic stroke classification is the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification, proposed in 1993 for an acute stroke… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
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Author(s): Juan Carlos Kaski Added: 3 years ago
This new issue of ECR features important contributions. There are three articles that deal with different aspects of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure; two conditions that represent major clinical and public health problems. McDonagh’s paper on chemotherapy related cardiomyopathy will be of great interest to the practicing physician, together with Casu’s review on the rational use of… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Pablo Avanzas Added: 3 years ago
It is a great pleasure for me to introduce the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (ISCP) section on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. This issue features a variety of excellent manuscripts on intriguing topics, including the anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin, the effects of statins on T-cell function in acute coronary syndrome in Asian populations, and the cost… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

MI/ACS
Author(s): Helen O'Brien , Rose Anne Kenny Added: 3 years ago
One of the greatest achievements of public health in the twentieth century has been the almost doubling of life expectancy in the Western world. Yet this now ageing population brings new challenges, as the prevalence of little-understood geriatric conditions increases, together with the rising prevalence of age-related disorders, such as syncope. The definition of syncope, as outlined by the… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia